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Akhilesh Yadav Meets Azam Khan in Rampur to Reaffirm SP Unity

The encounter is being read as a message to reassure the party’s western Uttar Pradesh base after Khan’s release on bail.

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Overview

  • Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav met veteran leader Azam Khan in Rampur on Wednesday, their first meeting since Khan left Sitapur jail on bail.
  • Khan rejected speculation about joining the Bahujan Samaj Party, describing himself as a loyal SP leader.
  • Officials said Yadav flew from Lucknow to Bareilly and then arrived in Rampur by helicopter, landing at Maulana Jauhar University where Khan received him.
  • Khan, a 10-time MLA facing multiple cases, was granted bail by the Allahabad High Court in the Quality Bar land encroachment case, while Yadav has termed the cases against him "false."
  • The outreach is widely viewed as an effort to consolidate Muslim support in western Uttar Pradesh, even as SBSP leader O.P. Rajbhar derided the visit as political compulsion.