Azam Khan (politician): Difference between revisions

| predecessor5        = Manzoor Ali Khan

| successor5          = Afroz Ali Khan

| office6              = [[Member of Parliament|MP]] of [[Rajya Sabha]] for [[Uttar Pradesh]]

| data1              =  

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==Life and education==

== Legal cases ==

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 Azam Khan|Abdullah]] at a local police station in Uttar Pradesh.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Shukla|first=Srawan|date=10 August 2017|title=SP leader Azam Khan's son Abdulllah found guilty of faking date of birth in election nomination paper|url=https://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-sp-leader-azam-khan-s-son-abdulllah-found-guilty-of-faking-date-of-birth-in-election-nomination-paper-2525779|access-date=10 January 2020|website=DNA India|language=en}}</ref> However in March 2019, the [[Allahabad High Court]] stayed their arrest until the probe was completed by the police.<ref>{{Cite web|last=PTI|date=28 March 2019|title=Allahabad HC stays arrest of SP's Azam Khan, his wife and son in forgery case|url=https://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-allahabad-hc-stays-arrest-of-sp-s-azam-khan-his-wife-and-son-in-forgery-case-2734020|access-date=10 January 2020|website=DNA India|language=en}}</ref> Khan was supported by party leader Akhilesh Yadav who claimed the cases were politically motivated,<ref name=":0" /> 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.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Abbas|first1=Nazar|date=10 January 2020|title=Uttar Pradesh: SP MP Azam Khan, wife and son declared absconders|language=en|work=The Times of India|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bareilly/sp-mp-azam-khan-wife-son-declared-absconders-cops-stick-notice-on-their-home/articleshow/73179089.cms|access-date=16 March 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|date=10 January 2020|title=Azam Khan, his wife, son declared absconders in three cases|language=en|work=Times Now|url=https://www.timesnownews.com/india/article/azam-khan-his-wife-son-declared-absconders-in-three-cases/538132|access-date=16 March 2020}}</ref> Following this, the [[Enforcement Directorate]] will be attaching the properties of Khan from the first week of February onward.<ref>{{Cite web|date=1 February 2020|title=ED may attach assets of Azam and kin in land grabbing case|url=https://www.asianage.com/india/all-india/010220/ed-may-attach-assets-of-azam-and-kin-in-land-grabbing-case.html|access-date=1 February 2020|website=The Asian Age}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Ahmad|first=Qazi Faraz|date=26 February 2020|title=Azam Khan Surrenders with Wife and Son, Sent to Jail in Fake Birth Certificate Case|url=https://www.news18.com/news/politics/azam-khan-surrenders-with-wife-and-son-sent-to-jail-2516371.html|access-date=26 February 2020|website=News18}}</ref>

Tiwari's response sparked protests by conservative Indian Muslims,<ref>{{Cite book|last=Kumar|first=Satish|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8-xHDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT143|title=India's National Security: Annual Review 2016-17|date=22 November 2017|publisher=Taylor & Francis|isbn=9781351240796|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|date=20 January 2016|title=Kamlesh Tiwari may contest U.P. bypolls|language=en-IN|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/Kamlesh-Tiwari-may-contest-U.P.-bypolls/article14008095.ece|access-date=18 October 2019|issn=0971-751X}}</ref> with some demanding a death penalty for Tiwari.<ref name="zeenews1">{{Cite web|date=12 December 2015|title=This is what Kamlesh Tiwari said about Prophet Muhammad which infuriated Muslims|url=https://zeenews.india.com/news/india/this-is-what-kamlesh-tiwari-said-about-prophet-muhammad-which-infuriated-muslims_1833716.html|access-date=18 October 2019|website=Zee News|language=en}}</ref><ref name="it10182019">[https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/kamlesh-tiwari-hindu-samaj-party-leader-death-lucknow-1610775-2019-10-18 Who was Kamlesh Tiwari, the Hindu Samaj Party leader killed in broad daylight in Lucknow?], India Today (18 October 2019)</ref> Tiwari was subsequently arrested, charged under [[National Security Act (India)|National Security Act]],<ref name="thehindu9202016">[https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/Kamlesh-Tiwari-may-contest-U.P.-bypolls/article14008095.ece Kamlesh Tiwari may contest U.P. bypolls], Mohammad Ali, The Hindu (20 September 2016), Quote: "Mr. Tiwari, who was granted bail last week by a Lucknow court, will remain in jail until the Allahabad High Court decides on his plea against the slapping of the National Security Act (NSA) on him by the State government."</ref> and jailed for a few months by the [[Uttar Pradesh Police]].<ref name="toiakkt">{{Cite web|last=Bhatia|first=Ishita|date=4 December 2015|title=Kamlesh Tiwari not a member, says Hindu Mahasabha|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/meerut/Kamlesh-Tiwari-not-a-member-says-Hindu-Mahasabha/articleshow/50048536.cms|access-date=18 October 2019|website=The Times of India}}</ref>

==Posts held==

[[Category:Uttar Pradesh MLAs 2007–2012]]

[[Category:Uttar Pradesh MLAs 2012–2017]]

[[Category:17th Lok Sabha members]]

[[Category:Aligarh Muslim University alumni]]