Samajwadi Party supremo Akhilesh Yadav on Monday postponed his visit to Rampur to September 13-14 in view of prohibitory orders imposed in city. state government has issued prohibitory orders due to Muharram and Ganesh Chaturthi.Akhilesh Yadav alleged that district magistrate was working at behest of Yogi Adityanath-led state government. He defended his party leader Azam Khan calling actions against him in alleged land grab case as 'false'.

Addressing a press conference at party office on Monday, SP chief, who was scheduled to meet party leader Azam Khan's family on Monday, claimed that administration has said his visit could result in riots in Rampur.

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"I have to visit Rampur after meeting party workers in Sitapur, Shahjahanpur and Bareilly. I have postponed visit by two days. It has been rescheduled to Sep 13-14. one can stop us from meeting people in a democracy," Yadav told reporters. He said administration has told party that prohibitory orders were imposed in Rampur in view of Muharram and Ganesh Chaturthi due to community sensitivity. However, Yadav alleged that Rampur district magistrate was "working at behest of government as his tenure is going to end and he wanted an extension". He backed Rampur MP Azam Khan saying "Fake cases were lodged against Azam Khan under pressure of local administration. I and entire Samajwadi Party is with him and will fight at all levels and also explore ways for legal fight.

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Slamming Yogi government, Yadav said that cases against Azam Khan were "politically motivated" cases and are being lodged against to finish off university founded by him. "y dont want university to run and students to have a bright future. Political fores do t want change in lives of people," he added. "In political history, such a large number of cases have never been lodged against anyone. FIRs are being registered in matters that are 10-12 years old under pressure," Yadav alleged.

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Cases against Azam Khan

As many as 27 FIRs have been lodged against Samajwadi Party leader and Lok Sabha MP Azam Khan in last one month on allegation that he grabbed farmers' land for his university in Rampur, police said. Khan, who was a cabinet minister in Uttar Pradesh during Akhilesh Yadav-led regime, is founder and Chancellor of Mohammad Ali Jauhar University which came into being in 2006. Largely, he said, se cases have been registered under Indian Penal Code sections 323 (voluntarily causing hurt), 342 (wrongful confinement), 447 (criminal trespass), 389 (putting a person in fear of accusation of offence, in order to commit extortion), 506 (criminal intimidation). "Since July 11, over two dozen farmers have approached police with allegations of encroachment of ir land for university. We have registered 27 FIRs in se cases and investigations are underway," Superintendent of Police, Rampur, Ajay Pal Sharma told PTI.

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