India, May 18 -- A court in this Uttar Pradesh district sentenced Samajwadi Party (SP) leader Azam Khan to two years of imprisonment on Saturday in a case related to objectionable remarks made against government officials during the 2019 Lok Sabha poll campaign.

The court also imposed a fine on Khan, who appeared before it through video-conferencing from the Rampur jail, where he is currently lodged in connection with another case, prosecution officials said.

The case pertains to a speech delivered by Khan during an election rally in the Mankara area within the Bhot police station limits in 2019, when he was contesting the polls from the Rampur Lok Sabha seat as the candidate of the SP-BSP-RLD alliance.

According to the prosecution, Kh...