SP leader booked for claiming Azam Khan urged Muslims not to celebrate Eid over West Asia conflict
Rampur (UP) (PTI): A Samajwadi Party leader has been booked for allegedly urging Muslims not to celebrate Eid this year as a mark of protest against the US-Israel attack on Iran, claiming that it was an appeal of jailed leader Azam Khan, police said.
ASP Anurag Singh said the accused, SP leader Yusuf Malik from Moradabad, met Khan in the Rampur jail on March 14.
Khan's wife, Tazeen Fatima, was also present during the meeting, the officer said on Monday.
Malik later told mediapersons outside the jail that Khan had appealed to Muslims to wear black clothes and refrain from celebrating Eid this year to express grief over the deaths of more than 160 girls in a recent missile strike on a school in Iran, allegedly carried out by the US.
Police said a video of Malik making the statement was circulated on social media, following which a sub-inspector posted at the Ganj police station lodged a complaint against the SP leader.
Based on the complaint, a case was registered against Malik on Sunday night under sections 196(1) (promoting enmity between groups), 153(2) (waging war against government of any foreign state), and 57 (inciting public or a group of more than 10 to commit an offence) of the BNS.
Further action will be taken based on the findings of the investigation, the officer said.
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Trump says he ‘hasn’t even thought about’ continuing Iran ceasefire
Washington: US President Donald Trump has said he has not yet considered whether he would continue the ceasefire involving Iran, while also claiming the United States holds the advantage in negotiations.
Speaking to reporters, Trump said he was prepared to make a deal with “whoever is running the show” in Iran.
“They are fighting with each other, there’s tremendous infighting. They’re probably fighting for leadership in many cases. I think they’re fighting not to be leader because we knocked out two levels of leaders,” he said.
Trump added, “When they want they can call me. We have all the cards, we’ve won everything.”
Referring to ongoing negotiations, he said, “They gave us a paper that should’ve been better. And, interestingly, immediately when I cancelled it [envoy trip to Pakistan], within 10 minutes we got a new paper that was much better.”
“We talked about they will not have a nuclear weapon, very simple … They offered a lot, but not enough,” he added.
When asked whether he would continue the ceasefire, Trump replied, “I haven’t even thought about it.”
The remarks come as uncertainty remains over the future of the temporary truce and broader negotiations between Washington and Tehran.
