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Akhilesh Yadav and Azam Khan (Images/Agencies)
NEW DELHI: Samajwadi Party (SP) president and erstwhile Uttar Pradesh main ministerAkhilesh Yadav connected Tuesday welcomed the merchandise of elder enactment person
Azam Khan
from Sitapur jail. He described it arsenic a “matter of alleviation and joy” not lone for him and his household but besides for those who judge successful justice.In a station connected X, Yadav wrote, “The merchandise of the honorable Azam Khan ji is simply a substance of alleviation and joyousness not lone for him and his household and each of us, but besides for each those radical who person religion successful justice. Heartfelt acknowledgment to the tribunal for upholding religion successful justice.”
Targeting the ruling
BJP
, helium said those who filed “fake cases” against Khan person present learned that “every prevarication has an expiry day and truthful does each conspiracy.”The erstwhile CM added that Azam Khan would proceed to basal with the neglected and the oppressed and stay a awesome of “emotional unity” portion carrying guardant the conflict for societal justness with socialist values.Speaking to reporters, Yadav reiterated his gratitude to the tribunal and expressed anticipation that nary caller “false cases” would beryllium filed by the BJP authorities successful the state. “SP person Azam Khan has been released from jail. I would similar to convey the Court for this. We, the Samajwadis, believed that the Court would bash justice. We anticipation that successful the clip to come, nary mendacious cases volition beryllium filed and nary injustice volition beryllium done by the BJP,” helium said.
The SP main stressed that Azam Khan has played a important relation successful the party’s agelong combat against the BJP. He further promised that, conscionable arsenic BJP leaders person had cases withdrawn against them, a aboriginal Samajwadi Party authorities would retreat each “false cases” filed against Khan.Samajwadi Party person and six-time MLA from Jaswantnagar,
Shivpal Singh Yadav
, who had travel to person Azam Khan, besides deed retired astatine the Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath-led government.He alleged that Khan was “framed” successful mendacious cases and welcomed the court’s determination to assistance him bail. “Azam Khan was framed by the authorities successful mendacious cases. However, the tribunal has granted him bail and has provided alleviation to him successful cases. I invited this decision. Many mendacious cases were filed against him. The Samajwadi Party stands beside him,” said Shivpal. Shivpal besides rejected speculation astir Khan joining the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), asserting that the enactment stands firmly with him.
"These are each lies. Samajwadi Party is with him completely," helium said.Azam Khan, a ten-time MLA from Rampur and erstwhile curate was released from Sitapur jailhouse connected Tuesday aft spending astir 23 months successful custody. He had been jailed successful transportation with the Quality Bar onshore encroachment lawsuit and different charges. Police records amusement helium faces 111 transgression cases, though helium has present secured bail successful each cases wherever helium was convicted.Large crowds of supporters, including Khan’s lad Adeeb, gathered extracurricular Sitapur jailhouse to invited him, prompting constabulary to deploy drones to show the situation. Khan had earlier been released connected bail successful 2022 but was sent backmost to jailhouse successful October 2023 aft caller charges were filed against him. His lawyer has maintained that galore of the cases were politically motivated, with respective already withdrawn, discharged oregon pending trial.
