Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls 2022: Will campaign for any party that can defeat BJP, says Dr Kafeel Khan

Kafeel Khan said, "I am not going to contest the (Uttar Pradesh Assembly) elections, but I will campaign for any political party that can defeat (Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister) Yogi Adityanath and the BJP."

Jaipur: Paediatrician Kafeel Khan, who was dismissed last month over the death of children at Gorakhpur's BRD Medical College and Hospital, on Thursday said he is ready to campaign for any party that can defeat the BJP in the upcoming Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls.

Khan, who was here to launch his book about the 2017 hospital tragedy, also made it clear that he will not contest the elections due early next year.

His book is titled 'The Gorakhpur Hospital Tragedy: A Doctor's Memoir of a Deadly Medical Crisis'.