Imam of Delhi’s Jama Masjid to Fight from Rampur LS Seat as Samajwadi Party Candidate

New Delhi: Samajwadi Party has fielded the Imam of Jama Masjid of Delhi, Maulana Mohibullah Nadvi, as its candidate for the Rampur Lok Sabha seat.

Maulana Mohibullah Nadvi hails from Razanagar village of Rampur. Most Muslim MPs while in New Delhi offer namaz at the mosque Nadvi is associated with.

Nadvi told reporters after filing his nomination papers on Wednesday, “I am here on the direction of the SP chief to participate in a battle against those who are trying to distort the Constitution of our country.”

Mohammad Asim Raza of the SP has also filed his nomination from Rampur. Raza had contested as the SP nominee from there in the 2022 byelection but lost to the BJP’s

Ghanshyam Singh Lodhi.

Samajwadi Party leader Shivpal Yadav will meet Azam Khan, the former MP of Rampur, in jail in a day or two to explain the situation.