Meerut: Taking a dig at Azam Khan, actor-turned-politician Jaya Prada has mentioned the embattled Samajwadi Party chief was punished for his doing and that he could have to “pay for his sins”. The former Rampur MP, who was right here for attending a program, 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 mentioned, “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 towards the senior SP chief over his “khaki underwear” remarks towards the BJP chief, who was then preventing the Lok Sabha polls from Rampur towards him in 2019.
Azam Khan, who was elected MLA from Rampur Sadar seat within the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections held final yr, was disqualified after being sentenced to three years imprisonment for giving hate speech throughout the marketing campaign for the 2019 Lok Sabha elections.
His son Abdullah Azam, who gained from Swar seat, was additionally disqualified after being sentenced to two years in jail lately for holding unlawful sit-in demonstrations in 2008.
Talking in regards to the upcoming 2024 normal elections, Jaya Prada mentioned 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 gained by the saffron social gathering, she added.
