Jailed MP Azam Khan, Son, On Samajwadi Party List In UP

Azam Khan is the Lok Sabha MP from Rampur and has been in jail since February 2020 in various cases filed against him in the tenure of Yogi Adityanath's government.

Jailed Samajwadi Party MP Azam Khan will contest the upcoming assembly election in Uttar Pradesh from his home turf Rampur, the Samajwadi Party announced today. Mr Khan is the current Lok Sabha MP from Rampur and has been in jail since February 2020 in various cases filed against him in the tenure of Yogi Adityanath's BJP government.

The Samajwadi Party has also announced Abdullah Azam, Azam Khan's son who was also in jail for two years and recently got bail, as the party's candidate for the neighboring Suar constituency.

Abdullah Azam contested the 2017 Assembly election from Suar as a Samajwadi Party candidate and won. In December 2019, the Allahabad High Court cancelled his victory saying he was below the age of 25 when he filed his nomination.

Since Feb 2020, Abdullah Azam has been in jail on multiple charges including cheating.