Fearing Atiq Ahmad-like shootout, Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan asks this

During the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan was booked for making inflammatory speeches while addressing a public meeting.

Senior Samajwadi Party (SP) leader Azam Khan asked a crowd while campaigning for Uttar Pradesh civic polls in Rampur whether they want him and his family to be shot dead in a manner similar to gangster-turned-politician Atiq Ahmad. Atiq Ahmad and his brother Ashraf were shot dead by three assailants outside a hospital in Prayagraj when the duo was being taken by police for a medical check-up.

Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan.

"What do you want from me and my children? Do you want someone to come and shoot us in the head? That's all that is left... Save Nizam-e-Hind, save the law, you don't have to offer anything, you just have to encourage yourself. Sit wherever you get stopped and try to move forward instead of stepping back," said Khan, as quoted by ANI.

Azam Khan, who is suffering from a prolonged illness, took to the stage after a long time to campaign for Samajwadi Party candidate Fatima Zabi contesting for the presidential post of Rampur municipality. Khan attacked the BJP-led central and state governments, calling his opponents "political eunuchs."

"Those who are saying today that the municipality is on contract, they had put the whole country on contract, Red Fort has been sold, airports have been sold, ports have been sold, railways have been sold, what is left? Only the army is left. It's with Hukumat-e-Hind, it should remain. Our army and the government's army are two different things. Our army is yours and we have seen this army fighting at every corner and have won," he said.

(With ANI inputs)