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Time of India
2 days ago
- Politics
- Time of India
A day after conviction, Abbasdisqualified from UP Assembly
Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh assembly secretariat administration on Sunday terminated the membership Mau MLA Abbas Ansari, a day after he was awarded a two-year sentence in a 2022 hate speech case. Abbas, son of late mafia don Mukhtar Ansari, had been elected on a Suheldev Bahujan Samaj Party (SBSP) ticket. Making special arrangements on Sunday, the secretariat administration opened its office especially to prepare the disqualification order citing the court order and informed the MLA who was out on interim bail about it. With the seat getting vacant, a bypoll would be conducted to elect an MLA from Mau in the coming months. Principal secretary of the secretariat administration department, Pradeep Dubey, forwarded the letter to governor, district magistrate of Mau, chief electoral officer of UP, heads of all the government departments to take note of the disqualification. Taking note of the hate speech made by Ansari and having gone through the evidence presented by the prosecution, the special MP-MLA court in Mau on Saturday convicted the MLA under IPC sections 153A, 189 and 506 for promoting hatred and enmity between different groups, threatening a public servant and criminal intimidation. As the hate speech was made ahead of the polls, section 171F of the IPC was also pressed which is registered if an individual attempts to influence the voters in an undue manner. A fine of Rs 2,000 was also imposed while Ansari's election agent, too, was booked under the said section. He invited trouble when he threatened the local govt officials from a public meeting dais in the Paharpur area of Mau Sadr on March 3, 2022. Addressing an election rally on March 3, 2022, Abbas, who was an SP member but was contesting on an SBSP ticket, had said: "After the formation of the SP-led govt, the officials would have to give 'hisab-kitab' (account) of their work of the past regime before getting transferred." Ansari had won the Mau assembly seat with a margin of close to 38,000 votes. During a surprise raid conducted in Chitrakoot jail in February 2023, Ansari was found to be enjoying special treatment post which he was transferred to Kasganj. He got interim bail from the Supreme Court in Feb this year.
News18
3 days ago
- Politics
- News18
Mukhtar Ansari's Family Floundering In Eastern UP As Son Abbas May Lose MLA Seat Over Jail Term
Last Updated: Mau MLA Abbas Ansari, son of gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari, was sentenced to two years' imprisonment in a 2022 hate speech case by a UP court on Saturday Uttar Pradesh MLA Abbas Ansari was convicted and handed a two-year jail term on Saturday by the Mau district court in a 2022 hate speech case, which is likely to lead to his disqualification from the assembly. Ansari was also fined Rs 3,000 by the MP/MLA court. Abbas, son of the notorious mafia-turned-politician, the late Mukhtar Ansari, is an MLA from the Mau Sadar assembly seat, representing the Suheldev Bahujan Samaj Party (SBSP) led by Om Prakash Rajbhar. The SBSP was in alliance with the Samajwadi Party during the 2022 assembly polls when Ansari made the controversial speech at a public rally in Mau on March 3, 2022. Alluding to the SP-SBSP coming to power, he said, 'Once in power, we will settle scores with officials. Nobody will be transferred for the first six months of the new government. These officials will instead have to give an account of their actions up to now. Theek se hisab kitab kiya jayega." The remarks created controversy and were seen as threatening officials and inciting animosity among the public. An FIR was lodged against Ansari and two others by the Mau police. The Election Commission of India also invoked a 24-hour campaign ban against Abbas Ansari. With the MP/MLA court in Mau convicting him and announcing a two-year jail term, he faces the threat of losing his assembly membership. According to Supreme Court directives, any MP or MLA convicted and sentenced to two or more years in prison is liable to lose the house membership immediately. They do, however, have recourse to appeal in a higher court. After the Mau court order, the role of the assembly speaker becomes crucial. He will need to notify the disqualification of Abbas Ansari from the house. All eyes will now be on speaker Satish Mahana's office and how soon the notification is issued. The SBSP, which Abbas Ansari represents, has shifted its allegiance towards the Bharatiya Janata Party since the 2022 assembly polls. While in alliance with the SP during the elections, it later joined the BJP government. SBSP chief Om Prakash Rajbhar is a minister in the Yogi Adityanath government. The SBSP was quick to distance itself from the Abbas Ansari controversy. The Ansari family, which had a deep influence on eastern Uttar Pradesh politics, now faces a precarious future. Abbas's father, Mukhtar Ansari, a five-term MLA from Mau, died while in prison in 2024, and the family's political clout has been waning since. However, Mukhtar's brother, Afzal Ansari, managed to win the Gazipur Lok Sabha seat in the 2024 Lok Sabha polls. The government has cracked down on the criminal activities of Mukhtar Ansari's gang members. Mukhtar's wife, Afsha Ansari, has been declared a fugitive, and a reward of Rs 1 lakh is offered for any information leading to her arrest. First Published: May 31, 2025, 20:38 IST
