- Wednesday, March 12, 2025
By: Shubham Ghosh
HE is not new to controversies but Azam Khan, a state legislator from the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, is as carefree. The 73-year-old leader of Samajwadi Party (SP), a major political party from India’s most populous state, was recently asked about the ongoing row around the newly inaugurated LuLu Mall in Lucknow, the state capital, and what he said in response left the Twitter in splits, even if with displeasure.
Khan was asked by a journalist about his opinion on the row which started after a few men were found offering ‘namaz’ inside, irking some Hindu bodies that also demanded to carry out something similar. In his reply, Khan said, “I have not seen Lulu or Lolu. I have not gone to any mall till today. Ask those who know about it. What is this Lulu, Lolo, Tulu, Tolo…?.”
“Tell me. LuLu, LuLu… They have no other work,” the former parliamentarian added.
The best take on the Lulu mall controversy! ? pic.twitter.com/3EQbdLkvWU
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The video was shared by a journalist on Twitter and soon it spread like wildfire.
The LuLu Mall, which belongs to the LuLu Group, United Arab Emirates, founded by Kerala-born businessman MA Yusuff Ali, was inaugurated in Lucknow on July 10 and since then, it has been embroiled in a series of controversy which even saw state chief minister Yogi Adityanath stepping in to instruct the district and police administration to prevent anti-social elements from disturbing the state’s communal harmony.
The Lucknow mall is the fifth set up by the LuLu Group in India and the first in the northern part after Kochi, Thrissur, Thiruvananthapuram (in Kerala) and Bengaluru in Karnataka. Adityanath was present along with Yusuff Ali and other dignitaries at the inauguration of the mall.
