GG News Bureau
Lucknow, 10th March. Senior Samajwadi Party (SP) leader Mohd Azam Khan was leading in Uttar Pradesh’s Rampur and his son Abdullah Azam is ahead in Suar constituency.
After the initial rounds of counting on Thursday, Azam Khan got 41,608 votes while his Bharatiya Janata Party rival Akash Saxena got 5,035 votes, according to the Election Commission.
Nawab Kazim Ali of the Congress gota only 1,315 votes, it said.
Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan is currently lodged in Sitapur jail in connection with a number of cases lodged against him in Rampur district.
In Suar seat, Azam Khan’s son Abdullah Azam was ahead by more than 18,000 votes over Apna Dal (S) candidate Haider Ali Khan alias Hamza Mian.
While Abdullah secured 39,163 votes, Hamza received 20,666 votes.
BSP candidate Adhyapak Shankar Lal secured 2,842 votes and Congress candidate Ram Raksha Pal Singh alias Raja Thakur 422 votes.
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