SP leader Azam Khan, who is currently lodged in the Sitapur jail in another case, was convicted by the MP-MLA court in Rampur in the 8-year-old case of forcibly vacating a house and harassing the owner.
A controversy has erupted after Congress leader Randeep Singh Surjewala allegedly made "sexist" remarks aimed at BJP MP Hema Malini, swiftly condemned by the BJP. The incident reflects broader issues of misogyny in Indian politics.
The BJP had bagged the Rampur seat in the byelection after Azam Khan was disqualified following a court order convicting him for more than two years in a kidnapping case.
The MP MLA Court delivered its verdict, sentencing Azam Khan to seven years and others to five years in the Dungarpur case under IPC Sections 427, 504, 506, 447, and 120B. Azam Khan, former Mayor Azhar Ahmad Khan, contractor Barkat Ali, and retired CEO Ale Hasan were found guilty.
Uttar Pradesh news: The actor was the BJP candidate from Rampur in the 2019 polls and was defeated by Azam Khan of the Samajwadi Party. She was elected to the Lok Sabha from Rampur in 2004 and 2009 on a Samajwadi Party ticket. The SP expelled her subsequently.
The possession of both the properties was handed over to the District Inspector of Schools (DIOS) and sealed. Locks were put on the two buildings in the presence of heavy police force.
Azam Khan news: According to the chargesheet, in the certificate issued by the Rampur municipality, Abdullah Azam's date of birth was mentioned as January 1, 1993. The other certificate said he was born in Lucknow on September 30, 1990.
According to the information, the raid has been conducted in connection with the Al Jauhar Trust matter.
A large number of houses in the 12/20 area of the Rampur sub-division are on the verge of ruin, and Urman village in Munish panchayat has become totally unsafe.
The cracks in over 100 houses have developed following excess rainfall in the region.
Uttar Pradesh news: Four of them entered a pit to take a bath, slipped into the deep waters and started drowning. Akhil (12) jumped into the pit to save them but he also drowned, said Shahabad Sub-Divisional Magistrate Sunil Kumar.
The Rampur court overturned the verdict of a lower court, which had found the Samajwadi leader guilty last year of hate speech targeting Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath during the 2019 Lok Sabha elections.
Bypolls 2022: The bypolls were as politically as significant as Gujarat, Himachal and Delhi MCD elections. Azam Khan factor was tested in Rampur Sadar. Mainpuri was a battle of prestige for the Samajwadi Party. Kurhani bypoll was test of Mahagathbandhan in Bihar.
UP by-elections 2022: According to a statement issued by the office of Uttar Pradesh's Chief Electoral Officer, 24.43 lakh people will exercise their voting rights in the by-polls.
Rampur by-election 2022: The FIR was lodged on December 2 at Kotwali Police Station on the complaint of one Sujesh Kumar Sagar, the in-charge of the video surveillance team set up by a poll panel for the Rampur by-poll.
Rampur by-poll: "Cases are pending against him in courts, and the courts are deciding (the matter) on the basis of merit. There is no point levelling allegations on the government or on the party (BJP)," Adityanath said without naming Khan.
As Rampur bypoll campaign intensified, SP chief and former UP CM Akhilesh Yadav tried to break the unity of the ruling BJP as he made a big offer to two Deputy CMs.
The decision means the senior SP leader will not be able to vote in the December 5 by-election in his traditional seat of Rampur Sadar (urban).
Uttar Pradesh by-elections: BJP has announced candidates for Mainpuri Lok Sabha, Khatauli and Rampur assembly seats by-polls.
UP by-elections 2022: BJP mulls on choosing candidates for forthcoming by-elections in Mainpuri, Rampur and Khatauli.
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