Mohammad Abdullah Azam Khan is an Indian politician and was a member of the

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. He represented the Suar constituency of

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before being disqualified by the high court. He is a member of the

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. He is the son of senior

leader Azam Khan.

Early life and education

Abdullah Azam was born to Azam Khan and

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. He completed his

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from

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and

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from

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in 2015.

Political career

He became an MLA in 2017. He represented

's Suar constituency and is a member of the

. He was disqualified as MLA due to a discrepancy in the Election affidavit by

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on 16 December 2019. Again he has been suspended effective from 13 February 2023 and now the Suar seat of Rampur is vacant till the next by-election.

Controversies

Birth certificate controversy

A local RSS leader Aakash Saxena filed a complaint "alleging" Abdullah had obtained multiple birth certificates to increase his age to the eligibility limit for contesting state assembly elections. On basis of this complaint, upon investigation by the Rampur district magistrate found Abdullah guilty of faking his date of birth to contest polls. The report was sent to the

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. In January 2019, Saxena further lodged a case of forgery in the birth certificate case at a local police station. In March 2019, the UP high court stayed the arrest of Abdullah and his father Azam Khan and mother

until the probe was completed by the police. On 15 January 2022, Abdullah came out of jail over anticipatory bail.

Land grabbing

On 9 September 2019, Abdullah along with his mother

got a notice for allegedly grabbing land of farmers to build

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. Abdullah was also booked under section 447 and 184 for allegedly encroaching on the government land for his Humasafar Resort.

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