Azam Khan Booked for Allegedly Calling Yogi Adityanath ‘Neech’ in Lok Sabha Election Rally in Uttar Pradesh

Rampur, April 7: Days before the first phase of Lok Sabha Elections 2019, troubles mount for Samajwadi Party stalwart Azam Khan as an Uttar Pradesh man has lodged a complaint with the police against him for allegedly calling chief minister Yogi Adityanath ‘neech’ or lowly during an election campaign in the state’s Rampur.

According to the report, published in Hindustan Times, the resident of Swar locality of Rampur - Laxmikant Saini - filed the police complaint against Khan for his remark made at a public meeting in Tanda against Yogi Adityanath on April 5. Lok Sabha Elections 2019: Case Registered Against SP Leader Azam Khan for Provocative Speech. 

Briefing about the complaint, Saini said, as quoted by the daily, "Yogi Adityanath is not only the chief minister of UP but is also the head priest of Gorakhnath Mutt. The remarks against Yogiji have upset the people as well as the saints and hence there is a need to act against him."

Adding more, he said, "Azam Khan knows that he is losing. That’s why he is getting desperate and making remarks which he hopes would help him polarise the electorate. But he should know that his tactics now lie exposed."

Though, Saini had claimed to file the complaint, Rampur Police did not confirm if they intend to register the complaint against Khan. Earlier too, Khan was booked for his inflammatory speeches against Rampur’s district administrative officials, hours after he filed his nomination papers as the SP-BSP alliance candidate from the Rampur Lok Sabha seat. It was filed on the complaint of local Congress leader Faizal Lala Khan.

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