UP bypolls: SP Fields Azam Khan’s Close Aide Asim Raja for Rampur Lok Sabha Seat

GG News Bureau

Rampur, 6^th June. Senior Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan’s close aide Asim Raja will be the party’s candidate for the by-elections to the Rampur Lok Sabha seat.

Azam Khan announced his name at his party office Dar-ul-Awam, which means the house of common people. The senior Samajwadi Party leader had vacated the seat after his election to the state Assembly this year, necessitating the by-elections.

The announcement came days after party chief Akhilesh Yadav met Azam Khan at a Delhi hospital, where according to sources they discussed the bypolls to the Rampur LS seat.

Addressing a gathering here, Azam Khan said that people might have thought he is going to field his wife as she had obtained nomination papers.

“We have decided to set an example, so I have chosen my old companion who has a rich political experience and his name is Asim Raja,” the senior SP leader said.

Azam Khan appealed to all SP workers and local leaders to work and ensure victory for the party candidate in the bypolls.

An emotional Azam Khan also narrated his stay at the jail, where he spent over two years. He thanked the Supreme Court for granting him an interim bail.

Asim Raja said, “I have participated in all movements and protests along with Azam Khan, whether it was a ‘jail bharo andolan’ or any other protest carried out by Azam Khan sahab. I was always the chief election agent of Azam Khan in every election, be it the Assembly or Lok Sabha elections.”