Muzaffarnagar riots: Akhilesh `bowed` before Azam, says Maneka

Last Updated: Monday, September 23, 2013, 16:33

Attacking the SP government over the Muzaffarnagar riots, BJP MP Maneka Gandhi on Monday said party supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav and his son Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav had "bowed" before UP Cabinet Minister Azam Khan.

Rajnath stopped in the interest of peace: Azam Khan

Last Updated: Sunday, September 22, 2013, 14:14

Defending UP government`s decision to not permit BJP chief Rajnath Singh to visit riot-hit Muzaffranagar, senior SP leader Mohammed Azam Khan on Sunday said that it was done for the "peace and tranquillity" in the area.

Muzaffarnagar riots: Five questions UP CM Akhilesh Yadav should answer

Last Updated: Thursday, September 19, 2013, 20:08

March last year, when Akhilesh Yadav became the youngest chief minister of India and occupied the top post in UP, much was expected from him.

Muzaffarnagar riots: Azam Khan must be immediately arrested, says Vinay Katiyar

Last Updated: Thursday, September 19, 2013, 12:57

Bharatiya Janata Party leader Vinay Katiyar demanded the immediate arrest of Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan.

Muzaffarnagar riots: `Sting operation a conspiracy against Samajwadi Party`

Last Updated: Thursday, September 19, 2013, 12:50

Samajwadi Party leader Naresh Agarwal described the sting operation on the Muzaffarnagar riots carried out by a television channel as a conspiracy.

Muzaffarnagar riots: UP CM faces heat, arrest warrants issued against politicians

Last Updated: Wednesday, September 18, 2013, 11:42

UP Minister Azam Khan has now jumped to Akhilesh Yadav government`s defence after TV expose on Muzaffarnagar riots.

Muzaffarnagar riots: Mulayam should sack Azam Khan, says Imam Bukhari

Last Updated: Wednesday, September 18, 2013, 08:41

Shahi Imam of Delhi`s Jama Masjid Syed Ahmed Bukhari was detained in Ghaziabad to prevent him from visiting riot-hit Muzaffarnagar.

Political parties critical of PM`s visit to Muzaffarnagar

Last Updated: Monday, September 16, 2013, 22:22

Political parties were critical of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh`s visit to communal riots-hit areas of Muzaffarnagar on Monday, with BJP saying such "secular tourism" would not help and BSP terming it as a "drama".

Visit other places too in UP where communal clashes broke: Azam Khan to PM

Last Updated: Monday, September 16, 2013, 22:11

Uttar Pradesh Parliamentary Affairs Minister Mohammed Azam Khan Monday told Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to also visit other places in the state that have seen communal clashes.

UP riots: `Plan to ensure safe return of people chalked out`

Last Updated: Monday, September 16, 2013, 21:43

Concerned over large scale displacement of people from riot-hit Muzaffarnagar, UP govt said that a plan has been chalked out to ensure their safe return.

Muzaffarnagar riots were well-planned: Azam Khan

Last Updated: Monday, September 16, 2013, 12:45

Urban Development Minister Azam Khan had expressed unhappiness over the administrative failure to check the communal clashes in Muzaffarnagar that claimed 47 lives.

Akhilesh meets sulking Azam

Last Updated: Friday, September 13, 2013, 20:06

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav on Friday met sulking cabinet colleague Azam Khan in an apparent bid to mollify him, a day after Mulayam Singh Yadav sought to play down a face-off with the party leader.