Samajwadi Party MP Azam Khan convicted in 2019 hate speech case
The complaint was filed by a Bharatiya Janata Party leader Akash Saxena, who alleged that Khan was trying to incite violence between Hindus and Muslims.
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The complaint was filed by a Bharatiya Janata Party leader Akash Saxena, who alleged that Khan was trying to incite violence between Hindus and Muslims.
Lucknow: In a 2019 hate speech case, the special MP/MLA court of Rampur, Uttar Pradesh sentenced Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan to three years in jail on Thursday. Earlier in the day, the court found Khan guilty of hate speech. He was also asked to pay a fine of Rs 25,000 by the court. SP leader was charged for a ‘provocative speech’ against Prime Minister Narendra Modi,
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