India, State, Uttar Pradesh

Want Ali, Bajrang Bali, but not Anarkali: Azam Khan’s son

Want Ali, Bajrang Bali, but not Anarkali: Azam Khan's son

TIL Desk/National/Rampur/ SP leader Abdullah Azam Khan, the son of SP leader Azam Khan says in Rampur: “Ali bhi humare, bajrangbali bhi humare. Humein Ali bhi chahiye, bajrangbali bhi chahiye lekin Anarkali nahi chahiye.” Adityanath had compared the Lok Sabha elections to a contest between Ali, a revered figure in Islam, and Bajrang Bali, the Hindu god Hanuman.

“Agar Congress, SP, BSP ko Ali par vishwaas hai toh humein bhi Bajrang Bali par vishwaas hai (If the Congress, Samajwadi Party and Bahujan Samaj Party have faith in Ali, we have faith in Hanuman),” the UP CM had said.  Azam Khan’s son has now kicked up another row after making a sexist comment on actor-turned-politician Jaya Prada, without actually naming her.

His comments come at a time when his father is already facing flak over his sexist jibes at his friend-turned-foe Prada. Last week, Azam faced a 72-hour election campaign ban for making derogatory remarks against Prada.  you got represented (by her) for 10 years. People of Rampur, people of Uttar Pradesh and people of India, it took you 17 years to understand her reality. But, I could recognize it in 17 days that she wears a khaki underwear, he had said at an election rally.

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