SP MLA threatens to go on fast if EC ban on Azam not lifted

Sultanpur: An MLA of Samajwadi Party has threatened to go on a fast unto death if the ban imposed by Election Commission on Uttar Pradesh minister Mohammad Azam Khan`s rallies in the state was not lifted.

MLA from Isauli seat Abrar Ahmad yesterday sent a memorandum to the EC through the district magistrate demanding that the ban imposed on Khan to be lifted. Ahmed threatened to go on a hunger strike and stage a protest if the ban was not lifted within 48 hours. The SP MLA alleged that when the poll panel could lift the ban on Narendra Modi`s aide Amit Shah who is accused of spreading communal hatred then why can`t it remove the restriction on Khan. The EC on April 23 issued a fresh show-cause notice to Khan for reportedly making objectionable remarks against it and circumventing a ban imposed on him from campaigning in UP. The show-cause notice was issued to the senior SP leader days after the EC banned him from campaigning in the state following his controversial `Kargil` remarks.