FIRs against Azam lodged in Rampur and Ghaziabad

Acting on the EC order, FIRs were registered against senior UP minister Azam Khan in Rampur and Ghaziabad.

RAMPUR: Acting on the election commission (EC) order, the Rampur district administration on Saturday lodged an FIR against senior UP minister Azam Khan.

The case, on charges of using foul language and threatening government officials, was lodged at Kotwali police station.

“We have lodged an FIR against Azam,” said returning officer and district magistrate GM Priyadarshi. The case has been lodged in city Kotwali under sections 153(a)(b), 295 (a), 188, 189, 504, 505/2, 171(4) of IPC and 125 of Representation of People Act 1951 on the basis of complaint moved by the assistant returning officer Amit Singh.

The administration found the minister accused of using objectionable words for BJP prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi in a rally held at Kila Maidan on April 1

The officials also examined the recording of his rally held at Ajitpur on April 5 and prima facie found him guilty of threatening officials. Khan was also booked for his ‘Kargil speech’ by the Ghazaibad police on Saturday. MSY TO APPEAL TO EC

Meanwhile, SP supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav on Saturday said he would appeal to the Election Commission (EC) to lift the ban on senior minister Azam Khan, who is under fire for his remarks about Muslim soldiers’ role in Kargil conflict. BAN WRONG: MINORITY PANEL

Newly appointed UP minority commission chairman and two other members on Saturday said that the decision of the Election Commission to ban public rallies and road shows of urban development minister Mohd Azam Khan was wrong.

Chairman Shakil Ahmad, members Nafisul Hasan and Suhail Ayub Zinjani said, in a statement, that Khan had sent a reply to the commission before the deadline. But without taking the reply into consideration, the commission announced ban on Khan, “which is not right.”