Azam Khan, 8 others fail to take oath of UP legislative assembly

Lucknow: A total of nine legislators, including firebrand Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan and his son Abdullah Azam Khan, did not take oath of the 17^th Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly within the three-day period.

Three of the nine legislators, including Rampur MLA Azam Khan, his son and Swar MLA Abdullah Azam Khan and Chamraua MLA Nasir Ahmad Khan, hail from Rampur district, while Ravi Sharma (Jhansi), Jagan Prasad Garg (Agra), Mohammad Faheem (Bilari), Nahid Hasan (Kairana) are the other legislators who did not take pledge of the assembly.

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Three other BJP legislators, Prakash Dwivedi, RK Singh Patel and Rajkaran Kabir, managed to swear-in at the last moment of the three-day special session that began on March 28.

Now, the Vidhan Sabha will seek fresh approval from the Governor after which the left out MLA will be able to take oath of the post.

Members who failed to appear in this three-day session of swearing-in ceremony will not be eligible to sit in the assembly before taking oath, along with they will not be able to claim their TA and DA.