Azam Khan skips party’s Agra meet

‘106 members hain, 26 nahi aaye to kya farak padta hai (There are 106 national executive members, 26 were absent from the meet...it doesn’t matter),’ SP national general secretary Ramgopal Yadav told reporters while replying to a question. As per the official website of the party, there are 61 members in the national executive including nine special invitees.

Khan, who is considered as the Muslim face of the party, had expressed his concern over the meeting of party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav with VHP leader Ashok Singhal and was reportedly not happy with the handling of the Muzaffarnagar violence. The tone and tenor of Yadav suggested that the party did not want to give much importance to Khan.