Lodged at the Rampur jail since October 18 along with his wife Tazeen Fatima and younger son Abdullah Azam in an election fraud case, the government had decided to shift Azam to Sitapur
A poor turnout of voters was recorded in the by-elections to two Uttar Pradesh assembly seats – Suar Tanda in Rampur district and Chhanbey in Sonbhadra district – on Wednesday.
The voters’ turnout in Suar Tanda was 42 per cent and in Chhanbey 40 per cent.
The polling was peaceful and no
The by-election to Suar Tanda assembly constituency in Rampur district will be the third consecutive challenge to the political clout of Mohammad Azam Khan, the Muslim mascot of Samajwadi Party in Rampur district.
The campaign for the Suar Tanda and Chhanbey assembly seat in Sonbhadra ended on