‘No hope from SP now’

The relationship between Samajwadi Party (SP) strong leader Azam Khan and party president Akhilesh Yadav in Uttar Pradesh politics is once again under question. This time the spark has been given a wind to Azam Khan’s wife Tanzin Fatima, in which she clearly stated that “there is no hope from the Samajwadi Party now.”

The statement came at a time when Azam Khan, his wife Tanzine and son Abdullah Azam are serving a seven -year sentence in a fake birth certificate case. Tanzine Fatima, while expressing her pain in a message from jail, said, “This is not an issue of losing or winning the election, it is a fight for our existence (existence).”

His statement clearly shows that the Khan family feels that Samajwadi Party and its head Akhilesh Yadav did not support him in this difficult time. They have been left alone. Tanzin Fatima said in gestures that when the party needed him, he gave his life, but today when he is in trouble, no one is going to ask.

It is not a hidden truth that Azam Khan has been one of the founding members of the Samajwadi Party. His relationship with Mulayam Singh Yadav was very deep, but his chemistry with Akhilesh Yadav never became the same. There have been reports of differences between the two on several occasions.

The biggest impact of this whole incident can be on the politics of Rampur, which is considered to be the stronghold of Azam Khan. This resentment of his family may weaken the SP’s hold on the Muslim vote bank. The question is arising whether the Khan family will now find a new political way? Is this a sign of a big scatter for the Samajwadi Party?

At the moment, Akhilesh Yadav has not given any direct reaction to this, but the market of speculation in the corridors of politics is hot. The Muslim politics of the Samajwadi Party is considered incomplete without Azam Khan, and if this relationship breaks down, it can bring a big change in the politics of Uttar Pradesh.