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The Hindu
The Hindu
National
Omar Rashid

U.P. Assembly elections | Jailed Azam Khan, son to contest from Rampur and Suar seats

Samajwadi party MP Azam Khan was booked by the Uttar Pradesh Police on several charges including encroachment of land in what the party alleged was vendetta. File (Source: The Hindu)

Senior Samajwadi Party leader and Rampur Lok Sabha MP Mohammad Azam Khan, who is lodged in jail, will contest the 2022 Assembly election from Rampur Sadar seat. His son Abdullah Khan, who was recently released from jail, will contest from Suar in the same district in the Rohilkhand region.

Mr. Abdullah had won from Suar in 2017 but in 2019 the Allahabad High Court declared his election null and void on grounds that he was not of valid age 25 when he filed his nomination.

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