Samajwadi Party leader Shivpal Yadav met senior party leader Azam Khan at Dasna Jail in Ghaziabad on Thursday and made serious allegations of harassment against the jail authorities. The meeting has brought fresh political attention to Azam Khan and the ongoing legal cases against him.
After meeting Khan, Shivpal Yadav spoke to reporters and claimed that Azam Khan was being treated unfairly inside the jail. He said that all the cases against the senior leader were false and expressed hope that the judiciary would provide him relief. Shivpal also alleged that Azam Khan was facing difficulties because he had built a university for poor and underprivileged children in Rampur. He further claimed that Khan was being targeted because he is a Muslim.
Azam Khan is a senior Samajwadi Party leader and former Uttar Pradesh minister. He was granted bail on October 31 in a case related to possessing two PAN cards. However, soon after his release, the Enforcement Directorate took him into custody in connection with a money laundering case. The ED has accused him of misusing government funds and contracts related to the construction of Maulana Mohammad Ali Jauhar University in Rampur. The latest meeting has once again brought the Azam Khan case into the political spotlight as Uttar Pradesh prepares for the 2027 Assembly elections.
