LUCKNOW: Jailed veteran politician Azam Khan is something however pleased with Samajwadi Celebration, the political outfit of which he has been a founding member. What's extra, Azam is leaving no probability to make his displeasure recognized to the SP management. On Sunday, Azam refused to satisfy social gathering president Akhiesh Yadav's emissary MLA Ravidas Mehrotra and his supporters who reached Sitapur jail to satisfy him.
Strolling out of the Sitapur jail after ready for nearly an hour, Mehrotra tried to downplay the problem saying that Azam was apparently unwell however confirmed that he had reached Sitapur jail on the 'instructions' of SP chief. "We're right here on the route of social gathering president to reiterate that Samajwadi Celebration has been behind him and can proceed to do no matter potential for search justice for him," Mehrotra mentioned.
Scoffing at reviews that Azam was sad that SP patriarch Mulayam Singh Yadav and Akhilesh haven't executed sufficient to bail him out of the jail, Mehrotra mentioned Mulayam had taken up Azam's subject with the union dwelling minister and social gathering chief Akhilesh has been with the Khan household all by means of the polls and even campaigned for Azam and his son.
"Not too long ago when Akhilesh and Azam resigned from their Lok Sabha membership, Azam had mentioned that each of them will now get collectively and tackle BJP on the ground of the home. Then why would he be sad after this. Let me be clear, Azam Khan is with SP and SP is with Azam Khan," he mentioned. Mehrotra went on to precise apprehensions of menace to Azam Khan's life in jail. He nevertheless didn't reveal the idea on which he was expressing such fears relating to Khan's safety.
In the meantime in Lucknow, SP chief Akhilesh Yadav spoke in favour of Azam Khan and mentioned that the social gathering has firmly stood with him all by means of and can help him in each potential approach in future as properly. "Samajwadi Celebration is with Azam Khan and the social gathering will make efforts for his bail," he mentioned. After he was questioned concerning the SP delegation being denied permission to go to Khan in Sitapur Jail, Yadav mentioned, "I've no details about this."
Whereas Mehrotra claimed that Azam didn't meet him as he was unwell, Sitapur jail superintendent Suresh Kumar Singh informed TOI that he himself took Ravidas Mehrotra's slip to Azam Khan and knowledgeable him that the MLA has come to satisfy him along with his help. "Azam Khan mentioned he doesn't need to meet anybody," Suresh mentioned, including: "I knowledgeable Ravidas Mehrotra about it after which he left." Responding to a selected question, the jail superintendent mentioned there was no point out of Azam being unwell in the whole episode.
In sharp distinction to Sunday's growth, Azam had spent an hour speaking to SP chief Akhilesh's estranged uncle Shivpal Yadav when the latter went to satisfy him at Sitapur jail on Friday. Azam Khan's current stance, notably at a time when he has bought bail in a lot of the circumstances pending in opposition to him and will stroll out of the jail within the close to future, can solely spell hassle for SP.
Samajwadi Celebration, then again, was fast to declare that MLA Ravidas Mehrotra had gone to satisfy Azam on his personal accord and never as part of any official delegation from the social gathering. Nonetheless such technicalities had been unlikely to imply a lot within the political circles the place Azam Khan refusing to satisfy the SP MLA is being seen as greater than clear indication of the truth that Azam is indignant with SP. Sunday's growth is prone to come as an eye-opener for SP management which had not given a lot significance to the current statements of Azam's media advisor Fasahat Khan.