His conviction in the case last year led to Azam Khan losing his Uttar Pradesh Assembly membership, resulting in a bypoll, which was won by the BJP’s Akash Saxena.
A Court in Uttar Pradesh s Rampur district today ACQUITTED Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan in the 2019 hate speech case which led to his disqualification, last year. With this, Additional District.
His earlier conviction in the case had led to his disqualification as an MLA from the Rampur Sadar constituency, and the BJP's victory in a subsequent bypoll.