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  • UP government meted out injustice to Azam Khan, played with his health: Akhilesh Yadav

    By PTI
    LUCKNOW: Samajwadi Party (SP) president Akhilesh Yadav on Tuesday met senior leader and Rampur MP Mohammad Azam Khan at a private hospital here and alleged that Uttar Pradesh government meted out “injustice” to him and “played with his health”.

    Khan (72), lodged in Sitapur jail, was admitted to a hospital here on Monday after he complained of breathlessness.

    In the primary check-up, his oxygen level was found to be low and was advised better treatment at the Medanta Hospital in Lucknow, said R S Yadav, Jailer, Sitapur District Jail.

    The Samajwadi Party MP, lodged in the jail in connection with cheating and many other cases, was admitted to the Medanta Hospital in May from where he was recently discharged after his COVID-19 treatment.

    Akhilesh Yadav went to Medana hospital immediately after arriving from Delhi to inquire about Khan’s health.

    Later, while interacting with reporters, he exuded “full faith” in the judiciary while alleging that the government has meted out “injustice” to Khan and “played” with his health.

    “We will consult doctors for better treatment of Khan,” he added.

    Medanta Lucknow Medical Director Rakesh Kapoor said, “Azam Khan was admitted to the hospital again at about 3.30 pm on Monday due to breathing problem and weakness.A team of critical care medicine and other doctors are treating him. He is stable now.” 

  • Azam Khan, son taken back to jail after recovering from coronavirus

    By PTI
    LUCKNOW: Senior Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan and his son Abdullah Khan were discharged from a hospital here Tuesday after recovering from COVID-19 and are being taken to the Sitapur district jail where they were lodged in various cases before being hospitalised, officials said.

    The 72-year-old Rampur Lok Sabha MP and his son (30) were admitted to the Medanta Hospital on May 9.

    “Seeing the improvement in his (Azam Khan’s) and his son’s health conditions, they were discharged from the Medanta Hospital at 10.30 on July 13. He and his son are now fully medically fit,” the hospital said in a statement issued here.

    Khan and his son were confirmed Covid positive on April 30.

    Hospital Director Dr Rakesh Kapoor said Tuesday they were admitted to the hospital from the jail on May 9.

    Sitapur district jail superintendent Suresk Kumar Singh told PTI Tuesday that the two are being brought back to the jail.

    Khan, his son and wife Tazeen Fatma were lodged in the jail in February last year in connection with various cases. The Allahabad High Court had in December granted bail to Tazeen Fatma in all 34 cases registered against her.

  • COVID-19: Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan in critical condition, on oxygen support

    By ANI
    LUCKNOW: Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan is on oxygen support and his condition is critical, informed Medanta Hospital, Lucknow on Saturday.

    “Condition of Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan is critical. He is on oxygen support,” said Medanta Hospital, Lucknow. Khan was shifted to Lucknow’s Medanta Hospital from Sitapur jail on May 9 where he is undergoing treatment for the coronavirus disease.

    His son Abdullah Khan was also shifted to the same hospital. The father-son duo had tested positive for COVID-19 on April 30. Azam Khan’s health suddenly deteriorated on May 9 following which he along with his son was sent to Lucknow by an ambulance.

    Khan has been lodged in Sitapur jail since February last year with more than a hundred cases registered against him. His son has also been lodged in Sitapur jail in several cases filed against him.

  • COVID-infected Azam Khan’s condition serious but under control, says hospital

    By PTI
    LUCKNOW: Senior Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan’s condition is serious but under control, the private hospital where he is undergoing treatment for COVID-19 said on Wednesday.

    The condition of his son, Mohammad Abdullah Khan, is stable, and he is being monitored by doctors, it added.

    “Treatment of Azam Khan (72) was started, after cavity and fibrosis was found in his lungs. Today (Wednesday), he needed 3-5 litres of oxygen. He is kept under the observation of a critical care team. His condition is serious, but under control. He is under observation of critical care team,” a statement issued by the Medanta Hospital, Lucknow, said.

    An expert team of the critical care unit of the Medanta Hospital is making continuous efforts for his better treatment, it added.

    Azam Khan and his son were shifted from a Sitapur prison to the hospital for coronavirus treatment on May 9.

  • COVID-infected Azam Khan’s condition critical but under control, says hospital

    By PTI
    LUCKNOW: The condition of senior Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan is critical yet under control, said a Lucknow hospital on Tuesday.

    “On May 25, the treatment of Azam Khan (72) was started, after cavity and fibrosis was found in his lungs. Today, he needed 5 litres of oxygen. He is kept under the observation of a critical care team. His condition is critical, but under control,” the statement issued by Medanta Hospital said.

    The condition of his son Mohammad Abdullah Khan is stable and he is being monitored by doctors, it said.

    An expert team of the critical care unit of Medanta Hospital is making continuous efforts for his better treatment, the statement said.

    Azam Khan and his son were shifted from a Sitapur jail to the hospital for coronavirus treatment on May 9.

  • COVID-infected Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan’s condition stable: Hospital

    Khan and his son Abdullah were shifted from the Sitapur jail to Medanta Hospital here on May 9 for coronavirus treatment.

  • SP leader Azam Khan’s condition stable, next 72 hours critical: Hospital

    Azam Khan and his son Abdullah were shifted from the Sitapur jail to Medanta hospital here in Lucknow for coronavirus treatment, officials said.

  • COVID-infected Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan shifted to ICU of Lucknow hospital

    By PTI
    LUCKNOW: A day after he was admitted to the Medanta Hospital here with coronavirus infection, Samajwadi Party leader and Rampur Lok Sabha MP Azam Khan was shifted to the facility’s Covid-19 ICU, and is being taken care of by a team of doctors, the hospital said on Monday.

    The 72-year-old leader and his son Abdullah Khan were confirmed Covid-19 positive on April 30 and they were admitted to the private hospital from the Sitapur jail on Sunday, May 9.

    In a health bulletin released here on Monday, the hospital said Azam Khan’s oxygen needs shot up during the day to “10 litres per minute”, which is why “the critical care team of the Medanta Hospital, Lucknow, shifted him to the Covid ICU”.

    “He in under intense treatment of the doctors there,” the hospital said.

    On the 30-year-old Abdullah Khan’s status, the hospital said his condition is “stable and satisfactory” Medanta Hospital (Lucknow) Director Dr Rakesh Kapoor had told PTI on Sunday that Azam Khan had had moderate symptoms when he was admitted.

    “Azam Khan has fever, and has been kept on four litres of oxygen. His tests are being conducted, and accordingly his treatment will be done. His son is stable,” Kapoor had told PTI on Sunday.

    Azam Khan, along with his son and wife Tazeen Fatma, was lodged in the jail in February last year in connection with various cases.

    The Allahabad High Court had in December granted bail to Tazeen Fatma in all 34 cases registered against her.

    On May 2, the jail administration tried to convince Azam Khan for treatment at Lucknow’s King George’s Medical University but the SP leader had refused to move out of the jail.

    However, he could be convinced on Sunday and was admitted to the Medanta Hospital.

    A team of doctors from the district hospital, including Sitapur CMO Madhu Garola, had examined Azam Khan on Sunday.

    Thirteen other inmates had also tested positive for COVID-19 after they complained of fever and cough on April 29, a jail official had said earlier.

  • COVID positive Azam Khan, son being shifted to Lucknow hospital from Sitapur jail: Officials

    On May 2, the jail administration tried to convince Azam Khan for treatment at Lucknow #39;s King George #39;s Medical University but the SP leader refused to move out of the jail.

  • Akhilesh Yadav begins 350 km cycle yatra from Rampur in support of Azam Khan

    Express News Service
    LUCKNOW: Former UP CM Akhilesh Yadav on Friday embarked on a 350-km ‘cycle yatra’ from Ali Jauhar University of Rampur to express solidarity with his party’s beleaguered MP Azam Khan.

    Rampur is the parliamentary constituency of Azam Khan who has been languishing in jail for over a year now in connection with a number of cases.

    While commencing the yatra, the SP chief gave the clarion call for Mission 2022. He expressed the confidence that the changing wheels of the cycle would bring about the change in the dispensation in the state in Assembly elections next year.

    He claimed that every time the ‘Samajwadis’ hit the roads on bicycles they changed the government in Uttar Pradesh.

    “After we took to streets on cycles across the state in 2011, the government fell,” the SP chief said addressing a gathering of party workers in Rampur.

    On Saturday, state unit president Naresh Uttam Patel is scheduled to flag off the cycle yatra from Ambedkar Park, Rampur, which will reach Lucknow on March 21 after passing through different districts.

    Taking a jibe at UP CM Yogi Adityanath, Akhilesh said that if the state had to be changed for good, first the CM should change himself as he was drawing credit for all the schemes which were introduced during the SP regime.

    Commenting on the encounter policy of the BJP government, the SP chief said: “The government knows only one language – thok do. What can be expected from those who believe in such a policy? How can you expect justice from them?”

    Referring to the attack on West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, Yadav said, “There is no institution in Bengal left which has not been after her. See what happened, she got hurt. The leg was hurt because these people know that if there is an injury in the leg, no one will be able to campaign.”

    He claimed that the day’s dispensation was framing such laws which would lead the country into the hands of private corporate houses. “The democracy is under threat. If democracy has to be saved, then UP will have to be saved and this will happen only if the present government is changed,” said Yadav.

    He said there is a similarity between Congress with the BJP. “Without BJP, Congress can’t survive and vice-versa.

    “So this time we will rope in smaller parties to stitch a pre-poll alliance. We will not talk to any big player,” said the SP supremo.

    Meanwhile, Akhilesh Yadav assured the people of Rampur that once the Samajwadi Party government came to power, all the development works would be done. He reiterated that Azam Khan and his family would get justice from the judiciary.