Azam Khan (politician)

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Azam Khan
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Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
Assumed office
23 May 2019
Preceded byNaipal Singh
ConstituencyRampur
Chancellor of the Mohammad Ali Jauhar University
Assumed office
2012
Preceded byPosition established
Minister of Parliamentary Affairs, Muslim Waqf, Urban Development, Water Supplies, Urban Employment & Poverty Alleviation, Overall Urban Development, Minority Welfare and Haj. Government of Uttar Pradesh
In office
15 March 2012 – 19 March 2017
Chief MinisterAkhilesh Yadav
Minister of Parliamentary Affairs, Urban Development Government of Uttar Pradesh
In office
29 August 2003 – 13 May 2007
Chief MinisterMulayam Singh Yadav
Member of Legislative Assembly, Uttar Pradesh
In office
26 February 2002 – 23 May 2019[1]
Preceded byAfroz Ali Khan
Succeeded byTazeen Fatma
ConstituencyRampur (Assembly constituency)
Member of Legislative Assembly, Uttar Pradesh
In office
9 June 1980 – 28 October 1995
Preceded byManzoor Ali Khan
Succeeded byAfroz Ali Khan
ConstituencyRampur (Assembly constituency)
MP of Rajya Sabha for Uttar Pradesh
In office
1996–2002
ConstituencyUttar Pradesh
Personal details
Born (1948-08-14) 14 August 1948 (age 73)[1]
Rampur, United Provinces, India
(now in Uttar Pradesh, India)[1]
NationalityIndian
Political partySamajwadi Party[1]
Other political
affiliations		Janata Party
Janata Dal
Lok Dal &
Janata Party (Secular)
Spouse(s)Tazeen Fatma (wife)[1]
Children2 (including Abdullah Azam Khan)
Alma materAligarh Muslim University[2]
ProfessionLawyer, politician

Mohammad Azam Khan (born 14 August 1948) is an Indian politician serving as the Member of Parliament from Rampur. He is one of the founding members of the Samajwadi Party and was a member of the Seventeenth Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh.[1][2] He was also the senior most Cabinet Minister in the Government of Uttar Pradesh and has been a member of the legislative assembly for nine terms from Rampur assembly constituency.

Life and education[]

Azam Khan was born in Rampur, Uttar Pradesh, India to Mumtaz Khan. He attended Aligarh Muslim University and attained Bachelor of Laws degree in 1974.[1][2] Khan married Tazeen Fatma in 1981 and has two sons.[1] Prior to joining politics, he worked as a lawyer. His son Abdullah Azam Khan was an MLA from Suar from 2017 to 2019.[3]

Political career[]

Azam Khan has been an MLA for nine terms; all from Rampur assembly constituency. He was also a cabinet minister in the government of Uttar Pradesh. Khan is currently a member of the Samajwadi Party but has been a member of four other political parties between 1980 and 1992. During his first term (8th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh), he was a member of Janata Party (Secular). During his second term (9th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh), he was a member of the Lok Dal. Khan was a member of Janata Dal during his third term (10th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh). In his fourth term (11th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh), Azam Khan was a member of Janata Party. Since 1993 (his fifth term and 12th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh), he has been a member of the Samajwadi Party.

Azam Khan also was a post holder in Samajwadi Party however on 17 May 2009 he resigned from the general secretary post of the party.[4] However, during the 15th Loksabha elections, his opposition to the Samajwadi Party candidate, Jaya Prada, and the surrounding controversies resulted in a crisis in the party,[5] and on 24 May 2009, he says he was expelled for six years (although the party chief claimed he himself resigned).[6] The Samajwadi Party later revoked his expulsion and he rejoined on 4 December 2010.[7] After his successful win in 2014, Khan has been given ticket from Rampur constituency by the Samajwadi Party for the Lok Sabha elections of 2019.[8]

Legal cases[]

Khan has 80 legal cases against him related to land encroachment and criminal intimidation registered against him.[9]

Rampur SP Ajay Pal Singh investigating the one of the cases of land grab. There are several cases of land grab registered against the NGO Jauhar trust founded by Khan.[10]

In January 2019, a case of forgery was lodged against Khan, his wife Tazeen Fatma and son with respect to the birth certificate of his son Abdullah at a local police station in Uttar Pradesh.[11] However in March 2019, the Allahabad High Court stayed their arrest until the probe was completed by the police.[12] Khan was supported by party leader Akhilesh Yadav who claimed the cases were politically motivated,[9] however in January 2020, the court declared the three, Abdullah and his parents, to be absconders for failing to appear in the court during the hearings of the case.[13][14] Following this, the Enforcement Directorate will be attaching the properties of Khan from the first week of February onward.[15] On 26 February 2020, he was sent to the jail along with his wife and son for forging a fake birth certificate for his son.[16]

Posts held[]

# From To Position
01 1980 1985 Member, 08th Legislative Assembly
02 1985 1989 Member, 09th Legislative Assembly
03 1989 1991 Member, 10th Legislative Assembly
04 1989 1991 Minister in the government of Uttar Pradesh
05 1991 1992 Member, 11th Legislative Assembly
06 1991 1991 Minister in the government of Uttar Pradesh
07 1993 1995 Member, 12th Legislative Assembly
08 1993 1995 Minister in the government of Uttar Pradesh
09 1996 2002 Member of Parliament Rajya Sabha
10 2002 2007 Member, 14th Legislative Assembly
11 2002 2003 Leader of the opposition, Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
12 2003 2007 Cabinet minister in the government of Uttar Pradesh
13 2007 2012 Member, 15th Legislative Assembly
14 2012 2017 Member, 16th Legislative Assembly
15 2012 2017 Cabinet minister in the government of Uttar Pradesh
16 2017 2019 Member, 17th Legislative Assembly
17 2019 Incumbent Member of Parliament 17th Lok Sabha

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h "Member Profile" (in Hindi). U.P. Legislative Assembly website. Retrieved 27 July 2019.
  2. ^ a b c "Candidate affidavit". My neta.info. Retrieved 27 July 2019.
  3. ^ "हाईकोर्ट से आजम खान को बड़ा झटका, रद्द की बेटे अब्दुल्ला की विधायकी". Amar Ujala. 16 December 2019. Retrieved 17 January 2020.
  4. ^ Siddiqui, Pervez Iqbal (18 May 2009). "Azam Khan resigns as SP gen secy". The Times of India. Retrieved 11 February 2021.
  5. ^ Bhatt, Virenda Nath (10 May 2009). "Rampuri knives out: Yadav tears into Khan". Express India.
  6. ^ Khan, Atiq (25 May 2009). "SP expels Azam Khan for six years". The Hindu. Retrieved 11 February 2021.
  7. ^ "Azam Khan returns to SP". The Indian Express. 5 December 2010. Retrieved 11 February 2021.
  8. ^ Abbas, Nazar (24 March 2019). "SP-BSP-RLD combine names Azam Khan as candidate from Rampur". The Times of India. Retrieved 11 February 2021.
  9. ^ a b "SP chief Akhilesh Yadav to visit Rampur today to lend support to party leader Azam Khan who has 80 cases registered against him". Firstpost. 13 September 2019. Retrieved 14 September 2019.
  10. ^ "Family of Azam Khan's Sister Cry Foul as Police Picks Her Up for Questioning in Land Grab Case". News18. 30 August 2019. Retrieved 14 September 2019.
  11. ^ Shukla, Srawan (10 August 2017). "SP leader Azam Khan's son Abdulllah found guilty of faking date of birth in election nomination paper". DNA India. Retrieved 10 January 2020.
  12. ^ "Allahabad HC stays arrest of SP's Azam Khan, his wife and son in forgery case". DNA India. 28 March 2019. Retrieved 10 January 2020.
  13. ^ Abbas, Nazar (10 January 2020). "Uttar Pradesh: SP MP Azam Khan, wife and son declared absconders". The Times of India. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
  14. ^ "Azam Khan, his wife, son declared absconders in three cases". Times Now. 10 January 2020. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
  15. ^ "ED may attach assets of Azam and kin in land grabbing case". The Asian Age. 1 February 2020. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
  16. ^ Ahmad, Qazi Faraz (26 February 2020). "Azam Khan Surrenders with Wife and Son, Sent to Jail in Fake Birth Certificate Case". News18. Retrieved 26 February 2020.


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