Rampur. Not only is its own party helping SP’s jailed stalwart Azam Khan, now opposition to any attempt to take him in Congress has started. City Congress President Numan Khan has raised his voice against Azam in Rampur. Numan says that a leader like Azam has no place in Congress. He also said that there is no discussion about Azam in the party. Numan also revealed that in 2009, when Azam Khan had left the SP, he had tried to join the Congress, but Sonia Gandhi refused. According to Numan, Sonia had said at that time that we will not take such communal people in Congress.
Numan said those who make anti-national statements have no place in the Congress. He also called Azam’s politics a method of blackmailing. Numan said that Azam has blackmailed the Yadav family and Muslims. It is clear from Numan’s statement that the opposition to Azam Khan’s entry in the Congress has started from the lower level in the party. The special thing is also that Azam Khan has always been fighting elections against the people of Nawab family, who were the candidates of Congress in Rampur. In the last assembly elections also, he contested against the Nawab family and got his son to win the election from Swar seat against the person of the Nawab family.
Let us inform that in the past, Congress leader Acharya Pramod Krishnam had met Azam Khan by going to Sitapur Jail. After this meeting, Pramod Krishnam had expressed regret over Azam Khan’s condition and expected him to come out of jail. Pramod had said that Azam fed him dates and he had come by giving Azam the Bhagavad Gita. Apart from this, a poster welcoming Azam Khan to Congress was also revealed. Due to this there were speculations that perhaps Azam Khan, who is angry with the SP, may now turn to the Congress.