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Akhilesh Yadav: Samajwadi Party (SP) President Akhilesh Yadav on Monday strongly criticized the decision of convicting senior leader Mohammad Azam Khan and his son in the PAN card case.
Akhilesh Yadav: Samajwadi Party (SP) President Akhilesh Yadav on Monday strongly criticized the decision of convicting senior leader Mohammad Azam Khan and his son in the PAN card case. He accused the BJP government of crossing the limits of injustice and political oppression in the arrogance of power. Akhilesh Yadav, in his post on Yadav said that the public is watching everything and will definitely respond to such repressive steps when the time comes. This statement of the SP President has come after the recent court decision against Azam Khan, which the party is considering as an act of political vendetta.
Democratic institutions are being misused
The opposition is calling this an example of misuse of democratic institutions. His comments come soon after the special MP/MLA court in Rampur convicted Azam Khan and his son Abdullah Azam in a case of obtaining two PAN cards with different dates of birth in 2019. The court has sentenced them to seven years in jail each. The father and son were taken straight from the court to jail amid tight security. Khan came out of Sitapur jail on September 23 this year after spending 23 months in jail. Yadav went to Rampur and the two leaders met at Khan’s house on October 8.
The action was described as politically motivated
Yadav then described Khan, who is a founding member of the Samajwadi Party and a close confidant of his father late Mulayam Singh Yadav, as one of the oldest SP leaders, an old tree and a strong pillar of the party. The former chief minister had also announced that whenever SP returns to power in Uttar Pradesh, all cases against Khan will be withdrawn as Azam has been falsely implicated. The action against Azam was said to be politically motivated. Recently on November 7, Khan had traveled to Lucknow, where Azam and his son Abdullah met Akhilesh Yadav and confirmed that they are “one family” and he is with the Samajwadi Party. Akhilesh Yadav said that the people are troubled by the present government.
Also read: MP/MLA Court’s decision: Azam Khan and his son Abdullah sentenced to 7 years in jail, this is the matter
