Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan is not known to mince words or be politically correct at the best of times. In an interview with ET, he offers embattled diplomat Devyani Khobragade an SP ticket from Rampur, calls Rahul Gandhi’s visit to riot-hit Muzzaffarnagar as “desperate” and calls homosexuality a “sin” in every religion…He is a big leader, he can go anywhere. While he was meeting riot victims, the Congress president was meeting Jat leaders over the reservation issue. They (the Congress) are desperate and are doing these things out of desperation as they are going to be wiped out in UP. Their desperation is evident in the fact that they support the striking down of section 377, which is a sin in every religion. Koode daan main 10 vote girey hain, usi ko chaah rahe hain (10 votes are lying in the garbage bin, which they want).Then why was Rahul Gandhi shown black flags? I have to speak out about the people in the relief camps, these people are not landowners, they worked the land belonging to other communities and fled for their lives when riots broke out. It is a matter related to eight villages in the area. After some time they left the camps, and were encouraged to go home but they went to other places and soon enough, in a short space of time, they returned. Why did they come back, who is sending them back? If you notice I have been constrained by the courts from visiting the camps. Even other Muslim organisations, from Nadua, Deoband haven’t visited, for fear ki sahi baat karoge to koi badtameezee kar dega. Only the Jamiat-i-Ulama is there, and they are agents of the Congress.That is not true, I am still the most popular leader in that area. At the same time as this issue was at its peak, our party held a rally in Bareilly, where over 2 lakh people turned up and 80% of them were Muslims. And Muslims are not foolish. If the Congress in this parliament session could force through the Lokpal Bill then why not at least introduce the communal violence bill? What about reservations on the lines suggested by the Ranganath Mishra committee. Even if it is unconstitutional, a parliamentary debate would clarify everyone’s neeyat (intention). The very fact that there are more riots under SP rule is because Muslims are treated well, they get their rightful share, and this cannot be stomached by other parties who are up to mischief.I have already clarified that I consider homosexuality a sin. On the Lokpal Bill, our stand is very clear. The CrPC and the IPC were devised by the Britishers to enslave a population.There are tough laws to curb corruption in these codes, how will the Lokpal do one up on them? And who will you get to run the Lokpal system. It is the same set of people, who haven’t been able to implement existing laws. In fact, the letter and spirit of the law was what I was trying to explain to Devyani Khopargade.It is rather unfortunate that she has been humiliated like this and I condemn the incident. I have also offered her the SP ticket from Rampur, and we will ensure she wins. But I do want to ask her a question over why, when I was humiliated by the security apparatus at a US airport did she not protest as the political class is protesting for her. Uttar Pradesh chief minister Akhilesh Yadav and I had been invited by a university to talk about the management of the Kumbh mela. When I was insulted, she then appeared very impressed by the US and told me that rules are rules. It is not a question of neeyam (rules) but izzat (honor).