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"Dutt is not a criminal. I know him since his childhood. He was not even involved in 1992-93 Mumbai bomb blasts," Azmi told reporters in Mumbai on Tuesday.
Asked reason behind his party offering Lok Sabha ticket to the actor, Azmi said, "Congress has done injustice to Dutt and therefore Samajwadi Party has announced his name."
Dutt's candidature was announced last week by SP General Secretary Amar Singh, who said if Dutt was barred from contesting elections because of the criminal cases against him the party would move the Election Commission or the Supreme Court.
Accusing the Congress of delaying the decision over pre-poll alliance, Azmi said the party would wait for two more days for Congress' response.
"We will wait till January 15 for the Congress to reply, but our party is firm on contesting five seats in Mumbai, including south, south-central, north-central, north-west," he said.
Other seats which SP wants to contest in Maharashtra include Malegaon, Yavatmal, Aurangabad, Bhiwandi and Thane. Azmi said he wanted to contest Lok Sabha election from Mumbai's north-west constituency "despite the party workers' pressurising him to contest from UP".
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After Seeing Sanjay Dutt and Manyata in RKB Show.I want to be involved with Sanjays Salutation progrmaae from Australia and so want Email Address of Sanjay Dutt and Manyata Dutt, to discuss further.RegardsPravin Shettywww.pravinshetty.com
Samajwadi party is already a party of criminals, take a hard look at the list of people who are their members ask someone from UP...so if anothe rone joins them so be it.But it is for an average Luckhnow person to understand from a person like Bajpai to a gun obssessed underworld connected drug addict who has probably never lived in that City and will hardly visit it once he becomes a MP ..... is that what they want??.
Yesterday Ramjet Malani who fought Sanjay Dutt's case told no one should give ticket to Sanjay Dutt b'cos it would be threat to national security. Then why someone else needs to justify it again even court has given him just bail but has not given decision saying he is innocent.
One criminal to another. Now Sanjay should say Azmi
Look! One criminal absolving another. It is not for the judiciary to decide if someone is a criminal or not, not a crook.
Of course Sanjay Dutt is not a criminal. He was arrested by the police, tried in a court of law and sentenced to jail just for the fun. It was a movie role and not for real.But Mr Abu Azmi is right; compared to other MPs of the Samajwadi Party Mr Sanjay Dutt is a saint.