Khan has been sentenced for a 2019 hate speech case by the Rampur district court. He lost his post as his eventual imprisonment term is longer than two years.
Case was registered against Khan in Rampur on 9 April, 2019 for allegedly making provocative remarks Adityanath and IAS officer Aunjaneya Kumar Singh, the then district magistrate.
In an exclusive interview to ThePrint, the veteran Samajwadi Party leader spoke of the 93 cases in which he is an accused & alleged harassment of Muslim voters in last month's bypolls.
On 19 May, Supreme Court granted interim bail to Azam Khan, paving the way for his release from jail where he had been incarcerated for the last 27 months.
Rajya Sabha term of Kapil Sibal, who represents Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan in court, ends in July. Sibal is known to be among the Congress voices seeking reform in the party.
Supreme Court is set to hear Azam Khan’s bail plea on 11 May in connection with the last of 87 cases filed against him by the UP Police until recently.
India’s foreign policy today is driven less by Western alignment or global liberalism and more by domestic political imperatives — economic, ideological, and electoral.
Electronics—specifically smartphones—& energy & pharma products make up 30% of Indian exports to US. 25% tariff on India came into effect Thursday, extra 25% to kick in by August-end.
COMMENTS