Can you tell us what exactly happened in Parliament that led to the furore?

You have made such controversial comments in the past as well. How do you defend this?

Your son Abdullah was detained and has been booked for forging documents?

Why are you seen as a divisive figure in UP politics?

What about irregularities in the

Mohammad Ali Jauhar University

in Rampur run by you?

Did you approve of the SP-BSP alliance?

Wo khatm kar do giley aaj mil kar galey, khair yoon hee sahi hum burey tum bhaley

You have seen Mulayam Singh Yadav and Akhilesh from close quarters. How different are they?

desh bachega to dharm bachega, jab desh hee nahi bachega to dharm kaise bachega

Where do you see the opposition headed considering they are disjointed?

What about the criminalisation of Triple Talaq Bill?

The Urdu language has only love, kindness and humanity. I said in Parliament as well that if I have even uttered one word which is remotely unparliamentary, I am willing to resign on the floor of the House. The main problem is that I got elected as a Lok Sabha MP despite all efforts of the local administration to ensure I don’t win.The police resorted to strong arm tactics in Muslim areas of Rampur that no one was willing to come out and vote during the 2019 elections. There was no voter or polling agent at the polling booths till 11am, you can check the records. It was then that I put out an appeal to come out and vote on social media. It was after this that the DM slapped several cases of code of conduct violation against me. Despite that I won by over a lakh votes.You will be surprised to know that I didn’t lose even a single booth and led in all polling stations in Rampur Lok Sabha constituency.I run educational institutions for girls and if I am such a serial offender, one would have heard complaints from other places as well. This allegation has been made a particular film actor ( Jaya Prada ), a political rival who just lost an election against me and enjoys the patronage of Amar Singh. I had simply used a phrase and I don’t mention anybody’s name at rallies, meetings, press conferences or any public gathering. Why do they think I am talking about them?When we were having our first child, it was a baby girl and we had admitted my wife as the district hospital, Rampur. My wife’s report mentioned sluggish for three consecutive days. Later I got to know that even if sluggish is written once, doctors normally conduct the operation quickly. By the time the doctors took my wife to the labour room, the child had died. I didn’t create a hue and cry over this as I thought people would say you are only criticising now because your own child had to suffer.Abdullah was born in KGMC, Lucknow. When the doctor Asha Harish (she became my sister) handed me the new-born baby, someone shouted ‘Tazeen (my wife) has expired. Rush’ I saw my wife’s body wrapped in a sheet on a stretcher and the doctors desperately trying to revive her before taking her to the operation theatre. My wife was given two injections in the heart. Doctor Asha left the child in my arms and rushed as well. I fainted and was admitted in the hospital while the child suffered injuries. I am grateful to the doctors and KGMC staff for being able to revive my wife later.I gained consciousness the next day and was told that chances of survival for my wife are limited. It was in these conditions that Abdullah was born. We only got to know later that it was KGMC’s duty to inform the civic authorities about the birth of new born babies. The date registered with Rampur civic authorities is different from the one at Lucknow. The KGMC register has all the details. The matter is being heard in the Allahabad High Court.There is no forgery or cheating in the passport. One mistake in the passport won’t make us Dawood or Laden. The passport officer in Bareilly corrected the mistake later. If the Court accepts the earlier date as Abdullah’s actual date of birth, then there will be a re-election. Let’s wait for the court’s decision. This is not a crime.BJP has lots to gain from me because they cannot break me or make cow down. I have no allegations of being anti-national. They say I am a Pakistani agent, but they wouldn’t know that my elder sister was married in Pakistan. I have not met her family since then. She passed away ten days ago, and I didn’t even pay her a visit. I only read in newspapers that I am a hate monger.A University that buys 400 bighas of land will fudge documents for four bighas? These allegations are being made by people who have already sold their land. Some of them have a criminal past as well. I have been called a land shark for these four bighas of land. Now I am being called a book thief because I have books of madrasas that shut down 60 years ago.The University anyways doesn’t have any course related to Islam, it’s a modern educational institution. Why will I steal books that are not a part of any syllabus? We want to give education to our children, but it appears that BJP wants to give them a broom in their hands.Our party president did an experiment thinking it will yield better results. It didn’t turn out as we expected it to be. “”. There was unanimity in the party that we should put up a strong alliance against the ruling BJP. It is a known fact that Dalits have historically been at the receiving end of every dispensation.Only if the Mughal kings had made universities and education institutions instead of Taj Mahal . There would have been 2,000 universities instead of one Taj Mahal. India would have been the global hub of education and Muslims would have been the most educated community in the world.Netaji and I had to go through a lot of struggle to establish the Samajwadi Party and state governments. He used to say, “”. This helped us get votes from both Hindus and Muslims. Now we are ready for a new struggle under Akhilesh.I spent almost two years in jail after the Emergency in 1975 under the MISA. That time people thought I was a criminal like they think today. Today those arrested under MISA are given the same status as freedom fighters. I even get a Loktantra Senani pension. People had almost given up home during Indira Gandhi’s regime but an old man like Jayprakash (JP) gave a clarion call and united the nation.People are either not being able to understand it or are not being made to understand this. The Holy Quran has given a procedure for talaq. It’s a personal issue of how you get married and how you want to give talaq. This can be decided in the nikahnama itself how the bride and the groom want to give talaq or not. I wanted to explain the issue in Parliament but was not allowed to speak.