By PTI
MEERUT: Taking a dig at Azam Khan, actor-turned-politician Jaya Prada has stated the embattled Samajwadi Party chief was punished for his doing and that he should “pay for his sins”.
The former Rampur MP, who was right here for attending a programme, advised reporters on Sunday, “In politics, there are differences between different parties, but there should not be so much arrogance of power that one forgets to respect women and starts doing injustice to the poor and downtrodden.”
“Azam Khan and his son Abdullah Azam do not know how to respect women. Azam Khan has been punished for his doing,” she added. The BJP chief additional stated, “Azam Khan’s game is over. They (Azam and his son) will have to pay for their sins.”
Jaya Prada and Azam Khan have a long-running feud.
An FIR was lodged in opposition to the senior SP chief over his “khaki underwear” remarks in opposition to the BJP chief, who was then preventing the Lok Sabha polls from Rampur in opposition to him in 2019.
Azam Khan, who was elected MLA from Rampur Sadar seat within the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections held final 12 months, was disqualified after being sentenced to a few years imprisonment for giving hate speech in the course of the marketing campaign for the 2019 Lok Sabha elections.
His son Abdullah Azam, who received from Swar seat, was additionally disqualified after being sentenced to 2 years in jail lately for holding unlawful sit-in demonstrations in 2008.
Talking in regards to the upcoming 2024 basic elections, Jaya Prada stated the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will as soon as once more get an enormous majority and kind the federal government underneath the management of Narendra Modi. Rampur seat may even be received by the saffron occasion, she added.
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MEERUT: Taking a dig at Azam Khan, actor-turned-politician Jaya Prada has stated the embattled Samajwadi Party chief was punished for his doing and that he should “pay for his sins”.
The former Rampur MP, who was right here for attending a programme, advised reporters on Sunday, “In politics, there are differences between different parties, but there should not be so much arrogance of power that one forgets to respect women and starts doing injustice to the poor and downtrodden.”
“Azam Khan and his son Abdullah Azam do not know how to respect women. Azam Khan has been punished for his doing,” she added. The BJP chief additional stated, “Azam Khan’s game is over. They (Azam and his son) will have to pay for their sins.”
Jaya Prada and Azam Khan have a long-running feud.
An FIR was lodged in opposition to the senior SP chief over his “khaki underwear” remarks in opposition to the BJP chief, who was then preventing the Lok Sabha polls from Rampur in opposition to him in 2019.
Azam Khan, who was elected MLA from Rampur Sadar seat within the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections held final 12 months, was disqualified after being sentenced to a few years imprisonment for giving hate speech in the course of the marketing campaign for the 2019 Lok Sabha elections.
His son Abdullah Azam, who received from Swar seat, was additionally disqualified after being sentenced to 2 years in jail lately for holding unlawful sit-in demonstrations in 2008.
Talking in regards to the upcoming 2024 basic elections, Jaya Prada stated the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will as soon as once more get an enormous majority and kind the federal government underneath the management of Narendra Modi. Rampur seat may even be received by the saffron occasion, she added.
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