Rampur court in Uttar Pradesh has acquitted senior Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan in the hate speech case. Now the question is what will Azam Khan do? He has also lost his membership of the Legislative Assembly. By-election has also been held in Rampur. In his place, now Akash Saxena has become MLA from BJP.
The question is what option is left before Azam Khan now? Can Azam Khan get any legal relief after acquittal? After the latest decision of the court, does the Election Commission need to consider its decision? Should there be a change in the Representation of the People Act?
What does the law say?
According to the law, if someone is punished for two years or more, then his membership can be lost. Whether he is a member of the Lok Sabha or the Legislative Assembly. Anyway, senior Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan has been punished in another case. His son Abdullah Azam Khan was also convicted in the same case. This matter is of 2008. After which Abdullah’s assembly membership also went away. The by-election was also held on the Swar assembly seat.
Azam will consult Kapil Sibal
BJP’s ally Apna Dal won in this election held this month. It is being told that Azam Khan will now consult Kapil Sibal in this matter. They have been his good friends. With the help of Sibal, he was able to come out of jail after two years. In return, with the help of Akhilesh Yadav, Azam Khan was able to send him to the Rajya Sabha.
Was sentenced to three years in hate speech case
Samajwadi Party’s senior leader Azam Khan is going through a very difficult time these days, but today the news of great relief has come for him. He was acquitted by the Sessions Court of MP MLA Court in Rampur. On October 22 last year, the trial court sentenced him to three years in the hate speech case. During the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, a case was registered against him for today’s speech.
The verdict ‘drowning with the help of a straw’
With today’s decision, Azam has got the support of a straw to drown politically. By the way, the UP government will go to the High Court against this decision. But at least Azam can cash this decision for his own benefit. He can go in public and say that injustice was done to him. From the BJP government of UP to the Election Commission can be put in the dock. The decision came on 22 October and the decision to hold elections on 28 October had also come. Everything happened in a hurry.