Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan made a controversial statement saying "the revenge of God is very brutal as one can see how not a single piece of Rajiv Gandhi who once had most MPs, was not found".
Feared of being shot dead in a similar manner to gangster-turned politician Atiq Ahmed, Samajwadi Party senior leader Azam Khan, while campaigning in Rampur for civic polls, asked people whether they want him and his family to be killed in a similar fashion.
"Due to the sudden deterioration of SP leader Muhammad Azam Khan's health, he has been admitted to Sir Gangaram Hospital in Delhi at around 3 am on Monday," hospital authorities said.
The Supreme Court on Wednesday requested the Allahabad High Court to decide at the earliest the plea of disqualified Samajwadi Party MLA Mohammad Abdullah Azam Khan seeking a stay of his conviction in a matter related to a protest in 2008.
Samajwadi Party (SP) leader Mohammad Azam Khan's son, Mohammad Abdullah Azam Khan on Wednesday urged the Supreme Court to stay his conviction in a matter related to a protest.
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, who was disqualified as an MP from Lok Sabha on Friday, joined an inglorious list of MPs and MLAs, including his grandmother and former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, who faced similar action in the past.
Azam Khan, a local official, said that the firing prompted Darra assistant commissioner Ashrafuddin to call the Khyber administration for halting the hostilities.
The Allahabad High court on Friday dismissed the petition filed by the Uttar Pradesh Government seeking bail cancellation of Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan. Supreme Court advocate and Rajya Sabha MP Vivek Tankha represented Azam Khan in this case.
The Electoral Registration Officer's decision came after Rampur's BJP MLA, Akash Saxena wrote to him to remove Abdullah Azam Khan's name from the voters' list.