The Samajwadi Party’s welfare schemes for the minorities has unnerved the BJP and Congress as both the parties are sometimes accusing the Akhilesh Yadav Government for appeasement of the minorities and at other times they are spitting venom against senior minister Mohd Azam Khan.
Defending Khan, the state party spokesman and senior minister Rajendra Choudhary enumerated the contributions of Khan towards allevating the plight of the muslims. He had taken the initiate of setting up the Maulana Mohammad Ali Jauhar University in Rampur in his effort to promote education among the minorities who could not afford education.
Choudhary cornered the BJP and Congress for maligning Khan on the directions of a Nawab family in Rampur. The Akhilesh Yadav Government had announced financial assistance of Rs 30,000 for education and marriage Muslim girls, free coaching and hostel facilities , laptops to
Intermediate pass students and linking Urdu language employment. SP’s rivals were upset by many such steps by the SP Government for the welfare of the minorities.