In Uttar Pradesh, former minister and Samajwadi Party MLA  Azam Khan has been disqualified from assembly membership after conviction in a hate speech case. The Assembly Secretariat has declared his Rampur assembly seat vacant. <br />''<br />''The MP-MLA court had on Thursday sentenced Azam Khan to three years imprisonment in the hate speech case. <br />''A case was registered against him for making an inflammatory speech in the run-up to the Lok Sabha elections in 2019. <br />''<br />''<br />''<br />