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Supreme Court stays trial court's demand for Azam Khan's voice sample
Abhishek Awasthi •The case pertains to a speech delivered at a public gathering in Rampur during August 2007, purportedly containing content that was disparaging towards a specific community
UP govt withdraws SP leader Azam Khan's 'Y-Category' security
Fp Staff •The Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly Secretariat in October 2022 announced the disqualification of Khan from the House, a day after a court sentenced him to three years in jail in a hate speech case.
UP Police nabs Azam Khan's close aide
Fp Staff •Aley Hasan Khan, a former circle officer, was arrested from his residence in Delhi, police officials said
Rahul Gandhi is not alone. Before him, Lalu Prasad Yadav and others were disqualified
Vibhutisanchala •Rahul Gandhi has joined a small 'infamous' club of politicians who have been disqualified as MPs or MLAs after being convicted in a crime. Here's a look at the other prominent names
Case against Samajwadi Party’s Azam Khan for remarks on police, EC
•The FIR was lodged on Friday evening 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-election
UP: Azam Khan booked for 'unborn kids' remark at Rampur bypoll campaign
•According to the complainant, Azam Khan had said, 'I was a minister in the last four governments and if I would have used the power like this then unborn kids would ask their mothers if they had his permission to take birth'
Rampur bypoll: Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan toils to salvage pride as BJP plays development plank
•After his disqualification as an MLA in the wake of a Rampur court convicting him and awarding three-year imprisonment in a 2019 hate speech case, the election officials recently removed Khan’s name from the electoral roll of Rampur Assembly constituency
Samajwadi Party’s Azam Khan files plea in Rampur court against conviction in hate speech case
•The Supreme Court during the day directed the lower court to hear and decide on Thursday Khan's appeal seeking a stay on his conviction. The Rampur MP/MLA court had on October 27 sentenced Khan to three years of imprisonment in a hate speech case of 2019
UP Assembly Speaker dismisses RLD chief's allegations, says had 'no role' in disqualification of Azam Khan
•In a letter to RLD president Jayant Chaudhary, Satish Mahana said that at the level of Speaker, no decision to cancel any membership was taken in the event of any member being punished by the court
Azam Khan staunch opponent of communal forces, says SP chief Akhilesh Yadav
•Samajwadi Party chief hit out at the Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP) and said that BJP is annoyed that Azam Khan made a high-end educational institution in Rampur