<p> Irate Samajwadi Party supporters staged a demonstration and tried to burn effigies of the Election Commission in protest against the poll body's ban on rallies of SP leader Azam Khan in Uttar Pradesh, police said.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The party supporters staged a demonstration in Jhinjhana and Khandhla towns in Shamli district yesterday to register their protest against EC's decision of withdrawing the ban on BJP leader Amit Shah but not on Khan.<br /><br />Meanwhile, police has registered two cases against 50 supporters under Jhinjhina and Kandhla police station in this connection for violation of the model code of conduct.<br /><br />The police have also included the names of Haji Sarfaraz, Chairman of Nagar Panchayat, Jhinjhana town and Javed Hasan, brother of Chairman of Nagar Panchayat, Kandhla.<br /><br />The EC had banned Khan from campaigning in UP on April 11 after his alleged provocative speech and had asked the authorities to initiate criminal proceedings against him.</p>
<p> Irate Samajwadi Party supporters staged a demonstration and tried to burn effigies of the Election Commission in protest against the poll body's ban on rallies of SP leader Azam Khan in Uttar Pradesh, police said.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The party supporters staged a demonstration in Jhinjhana and Khandhla towns in Shamli district yesterday to register their protest against EC's decision of withdrawing the ban on BJP leader Amit Shah but not on Khan.<br /><br />Meanwhile, police has registered two cases against 50 supporters under Jhinjhina and Kandhla police station in this connection for violation of the model code of conduct.<br /><br />The police have also included the names of Haji Sarfaraz, Chairman of Nagar Panchayat, Jhinjhana town and Javed Hasan, brother of Chairman of Nagar Panchayat, Kandhla.<br /><br />The EC had banned Khan from campaigning in UP on April 11 after his alleged provocative speech and had asked the authorities to initiate criminal proceedings against him.</p>