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The Times of India
The Times of India
National
Pankaj Shah | TNN

UP assembly polls: Congress veteran Noor Bano's grandson Haider Ali Khan is BJP ally's candidate from Suar

LUCKNOW: In a politically crucial development, BJP ally Apna Dal (S) on Sunday announced the candidature of Haider Ali Khan from Suar assembly seat in UP's Rampur, the pocket borough of Samajwadi Party heavyweight and jailed MP Azam Khan.

Haider Ali is from Rampur's royal family and the grandson of Begum Noor Bano, veteran Congress leader and former MP of Rampur, whose rivalry with Azam is well known in political circles. Congress had declared Haider its candidate on January 13, but he severed ties with his party to join Apna Dal (S).

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