Rampur (UP)/IBNS/UNI: Senior Samajwadi Party (SP) leader and former cabinet minister Mohammad Azam Khan was on Wednesday acquitted by an MP-MLA court in a three-year-old hate speech case in which he was sentenced to three years imprisonment by a lower court, the defence counsel said.
Apna Dal's Shafeek Ahmad Ansari won the Suar seat defeating BJP's arch-rival Samajwadi Party's Anuradha Chauhan by a margin of nearly 9,000 votes, while Apna Dal's Rinki Kol defeated SP's Kirti Kol in Chhanbey by a margin of over 9,000 votes.
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The Suar assembly seat fell vacant after Abdullah Azam was disqualified, following his conviction in a criminal case while the Chhanbey seat was declared vacant after the demise of sitting MLA Rahul Kol.
Karnataka Assembly elections result will be announced after the vote counting to be held on Saturday. Other than Karnataka, Jalandhar, UP s Suar and Chhanbey, Odisha s Jharsuguda, and Meghalaya s Sohiong assembly results will also be announced today