Rampur. There is a big crisis in front of the Samajwadi Party. There are indications of jailed leader Mohammad Azam Khan saying bye-bye to the party, which wiped out the majority of Muslim votes in the assembly elections. On Sunday, his supporters targeted SP chief Akhilesh Yadav directly. Even said that Akhilesh smells of our clothes.
Azam Khan, a founding member of the Samajwadi Party and elected MLA for the tenth consecutive term from Rampur city, is currently in jail. Supporters close to him called on the party office on Sunday. In this, Akhilesh came directly on the target. Azam Khan’s media in-charge Fasahat Ali Khan Shanu even said that in the elections, Muslims all over the state voted unilaterally for the SP, due to which the SP reached 125 seats. Now Akhilesh Yadav is not supporting Muslims.
Azam Khan is lodged in Sitapur jail for more than two years, he is an important leader of the party, but even after this Akhilesh has gone to jail only once to meet him. He was not even made the Leader of the Opposition in the Legislative Assembly. No attention is being given to Muslims in the party. He even said angrily that now Akhilesh smells of our clothes. If Azam Khan is released from jail, we will talk to him to take a decisive decision now.
It is not normal for Shanu to say this. He never gives any statement without Azam’s approval till now. After going to jail, Azam has been saying the same thing. On the other hand, sources say that the formation of a new party is also going on among Azam’s close friends. It is believed that Azam has got bail in most of the cases, so he will come out soon. On the other hand, SP District President Virendra Goyal said that he will send complete information to Akhilesh Yadav regarding what has been said in the party meeting.
Earlier Imran Pratapgarhi had said the same thing: Azam is going to be jailed for almost two and a half years. During this, Akhilesh has come to his house only once. In the past, Imran Pratapgarhi had raised the same point, then Akhilesh reached Azam’s house. Came here for the second time in the last assembly elections. Azam supporters believe that Akhilesh did not take care of Azam supporters even in Vis ticket. Leaders like Abid Raza from Badaun, whose victory was considered certain, cleared their cards and handed over tickets to builders working in Mumbai.
Silence is not coming in Shahjil case: Azam supporters do not like Akhilesh’s silence in the case against Bhojipura MLA Shahjil Islam in Bareilly and the sabotage action on his petrol pump. They believe that if Akhilesh had adopted a sharp attitude, there would have been no sabotage. Shahjil did not make this statement in any pre-planned manner, he spoke in enthusiasm among the supporters.
Azam has been away from SP once: Azam Khan, who once had the image of a firebrand leader among Muslims, has been away from SP once before. In the 2009 elections, at the behest of Amar Singh, Mulayam had fielded Jaya Prada from Rampur for the Lok Sabha elections. Angry at this, Azam parted ways. Even in the election of Firozabad, Akhilesh’s wife Dimple reached to campaign against Yadav. She had lost the election. After this Mulayam came to Rampur to persuade him.
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