The court will pronounce its verdict today on Saturday (May 16) in the controversial statement given by Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan in Rampur, Uttar Pradesh, regarding officials in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, “These are tankers, I will get them to clean the shoes.” This statement of Azam Khan went quite viral during the election campaign. After which a complaint was lodged in this matter in the Election Code of Conduct. Now everyone’s eyes are fixed on today’s decision.
Azam Khan and his former MLA son Abdullah Azam are currently lodged in Rampur jail. After being released on bail from Sitapur jail last year, the court has again sent him to jail in the fake PAN card case.
What is the whole matter?
Let us tell you here that during the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, Azam Khan was doing a road show in Bhot police station area, when he said, “Don’t be afraid of these collectors, they are moneylenders, Insha Allah, I will get them to clean their shoes after the elections.” After this, the echo of this statement of Azam Khan was heard from Rampur to Election Commission Delhi. This went viral very fast.
The Election Commission in Delhi took cognizance of this video of Azam and sought a report from the State Election Commission. The State Election Commission had sought a report from the District Election Officer and given instructions for action, on which on the orders of the then District Magistrate and present Commissioner Moradabad Anjaneya Kumar Singh, a case was registered in Bhot police station on behalf of the then SDM Tanda and ARO Ghanshyam Tripathi of Chamraua Vis area. In which a charge sheet was filed against Azam in the court.
Case going on in MP-MLA court
The trial of this case is going on in MP-MLA Magistrate Court. In this case, the arguments of both the parties were completed on Monday and the court has fixed the decision for the filing on May 16. It remains to be seen whether Azam Khan is punished or acquitted by the special MP-MLA court of Rampur today. At present Azam Khan and his son Abdullah Azam are lodged in Rampur jail and are serving their sentence.