Azam’s wife relents, files papers for RS

Tazeen did not respond to the queries on why she had earlier refused the ticket.

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav with Tazeen Fatima and Ramgopal Yadav after the two filed their nomination for Rajya Sabha polls, in Lucknow on Monday. (Source: Vishal Srivastav photo)

Six Samajwadi Party candidates, including its national general secretary Ramgopal Yadav and Tazeen Fatima, wife of senior cabinet minister Azam Khan, filed their nominations for Rajya Sabha seats Monday. Tazeen had earlier turned down SP chief Mulayam Singh Yadav’s offer to nominate her for Rajya Sabha. While CM Akhilesh Yadav and several other senior leaders accompanied the candidates for filing their nomination papers, Azam Khan skipped the event.

Tazeen did not respond to the queries on why she had earlier refused the ticket. Tazeen, in a letter to Mulayam on Friday, had turned down the ticket with a request that the seat may be given to any other deserving person.

In February this year, Tazeen had rejected Akhilesh’s offer to appoint her as chairperson of the UP Higher Education Services Commission.

SP leaders, meanwhile, claimed that filing of nomination by Tazeen was on expected lines. Azam’s adversary Javed Ali Khan too filed his papers as have Ramgopal Yadav, Chandrapal Singh Yadav, Neeraj Shekhar and Ravi Prakash Verma.

After filing his papers, Ramgopal said with six more members, SP will become the third largest party in the Upper House.
Ten Rajya Sabha seats will go to polls November 20. As per numerical strength of parties, SP has already filed for its six seats. BSP can win two seats while BJP, and Congress and RLD can get one seat each.

First uploaded on: 04-11-2014 at 00:14 IST

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