‘Azam Khan will campaign for the SP as soon as he gets out of jail,’ claims Shivpal Yadav

Lucknow: Samajwadi Party National General Secretary Shivpal Singh Yadav has clarified that senior party leader and former cabinet minister Azam Khan will campaign for the SP in the upcoming assembly elections once he is released from jail.

After meeting Azam Khan at the Dasna District Jail in Ghaziabad, Shivpal Yadav stated that Azam Khan stands firmly with the party and will continue to remain a part of the Samajwadi Party.

Expressing confidence regarding the upcoming elections, Shivpal Yadav claimed that the Samajwadi Party would return to power in Uttar Pradesh. He also clarified that the party’s alliance with the Congress remains in place and will continue in the future.

Taking aim at Chandrashekhar
Referring to efforts to form a ‘Third Front,’ Shivpal Yadav targeted Azad Samaj Party chief Chandrashekhar Azad and AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi, suggesting that these parties do not genuinely intend to oust the BJP from power.

Expressing his displeasure with the arrangements made by the prison administration, the SP General Secretary noted that even a senior leader like Azam Khan was made to meet visitors through a wire mesh—a direct violation of established protocols. He assured that once an SP government is formed in the state, this practice of using wire meshes during prison visits will be abolished.

It is worth noting that following action taken by the Enforcement Directorate on November 1, Azam Khan was produced before a court in Ghaziabad. In connection with a case involving alleged financial irregularities and money laundering linked to the Mohammad Ali Jauhar University in Rampur, the court ordered him to be sent to the Dasna District Jail under 14-day judicial custody.