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Once again a major earthquake is being seen in the politics of Uttar Pradesh. Party’s national general secretary Shivpal Singh Yadav has reached Ghaziabad’s Dasna district jail to meet Samajwadi Party’s founding members and former cabinet minister Azam Khan. As soon as the news of this high-profile meeting of Azam Khan in judicial custody spread, there was a huge gathering of local Samajwadi Party leaders, MLAs and workers outside Dasna Jail in Ghaziabad.
This meeting of Shivpal Yadav with Azam Khan, who is lodged in Dasna jail in the Jauhar University case and the action of the Enforcement Directorate (ED), is being considered as a very important strategic step not only in terms of law and order but also in view of the upcoming Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections.
As per the pre-determined programme, Shivpal Singh Yadav left UP Sadan in Delhi in the morning and reached Dasna District Jail in Ghaziabad at around 11 am. As soon as he entered the jail premises, the security arrangements outside were made very tight. Dasna jail administration and local police force were put on alert to deal with any untoward situation or uproar.
Hundreds of SP workers and senior leaders from western UP camped outside the jail complex. Workers were seen raising slogans in favor of their popular leaders. During this meeting between Shivpal Yadav and Azam Khan, both the stalwarts talked alone for a long time in a closed room. After the meeting, the discussion has intensified that the party wants to give a message to its senior founding members that the entire Samajwadi Party stands united behind them in times of crisis.
It is noteworthy that Azam Khan was arrested on October 31 by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) team investigating alleged financial irregularities, money laundering and trust activities at Rampur-based Mohammad Ali Johar University. The ED had taken him into custody soon after he got bail from Rampur jail in the fake documents case and produced him before the special PMLA court in Ghaziabad on November 1.
Azam Khan is lodged in Ghaziabad’s Dasna jail after the court sent him to judicial custody for 14 days. Recently, his wife and former MP Tanzin Fatima also visited Dasna jail and met him and raised serious questions on the arrangements of the jail complex. After this, SP National President Akhilesh Yadav and now National General Secretary Shivpal Yadav themselves reaching jail and meeting Azam Khan shows the aggressive stance of the party.
Political analysts believe that Shivpal Yadav’s visit to Dasna jail is not just a formal or courtesy meeting, but there are deep political signals hidden behind it. Recently, the political atmosphere of Western UP has been heated by discussions of possible new equations between Azad Samaj Party (ASP) chief Chandrashekhar Azad and All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) chief Asaduddin Owaisi.
In such a situation, the Samajwadi Party does not want to send any message of distance or dissatisfaction with its strongest Muslim face and founding leader Azam Khan. SP leadership understands very well that Azam Khan’s political influence continues even today in Rohilkhand and Western Uttar Pradesh. Shivpal Yadav has given a clear indication through this meeting that the party will fight strongly on every legal and political front for the interests and security of its old allies.
Coming out after the meeting, Shivpal Yadav addressed the media and party workers and accused the state government of indulging in vendetta politics. He said that Azam Khan is being tortured by being implicated in false and baseless cases, but he has full faith in the judiciary.
In the coming days, Samajwadi Party is preparing to aggressively raise the issue of Azam Khan’s release and alleged political harassment from the streets to the floor of the Assembly. This important meeting in Dasna jail has brought a new turn in the politics of Uttar Pradesh, the echo of which will be clearly heard in the political corridors of the state in the coming days.