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Time of India
3 days ago
- Politics
- Time of India
SBSP will contest by-election from Mau seat after Abbas Ansari's disqualification: Rajbhar
Suheldev Bhartiya Samaj Party ( SBSP ) on Monday said it will contest the by-election from Mau after Abbas Ansari was disqualified from the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly following his conviction in a hate speech case. Ansari, the son of gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari , became MLA for the first time in 2022 by winning the election from the Mau Sadar assembly seat on an SBSP ticket under the Samajwadi Party-led alliance. The SBSP MLA was sentenced to two years imprisonment by a special MP-MLA court on Saturday. The seat has now been declared vacant. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like Melhores Pianos Acústicos e Digitais Teclacenter Compre já The SBSP has since switched sides and is now an ally of the ruling BJP government and the party president is a cabinet minister in the UP. "This was our seat. It was fought (in 2022 assembly polls) on our symbol. It was contested on our symbol. It is only fair that our party contests from the seat," SBSP chief Om Prakash Rajbhar said while talking to reporters. Live Events Under the Representation of the People Act, membership of the legislative house is terminated if a court sentences an MLA to two years imprisonment or more. Asked if the SBSP would make a move for its disqualified MLA, Rajbhar said, "If he moves the court, the party is with him. Currently, the high court has vacations and it will be closed for a month." Following the disqualification of Ansari, the SBSP will have five MLAs in the 403-member UP Legislative Assembly. Rajbhar said that he has met Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and Union Home Minister Amit Shah to have direct polls to elect the district panchayat chairman and head of blocks. "A proposal is being prepared to hold these elections directly from people's vote to avoid the use of money and muscle power," he said. Currently, district panchayat chairmen are elected by members of the district panchayat and block members elect the head of heads.
Time of India
5 days ago
- Politics
- Time of India
2-year imprisonment for Mukhtar's son Abbas Ansari in `Hisab-Kitab' episode
Annas Ansari, son of deceased mafia don Mukhtar Ansari and Suheldev Bhartiya Samaj Party MLA, received a two-year prison sentence from a Mau court in connection with a 2022 hate speech case. VARANASI: The Chief Judicial Magistrate (MP-MLA) court in Mau district on Saturday awarded two years imprisonment to Suheldev Bhartiya Samaj Party MLA and dead mafia don Mukhtar Ansari's son Annas Ansari in 2022 case of `Hisab-kitab' hate speech. The CJM (MP-MLA) Krishna Pratap Singh sentenced a maximum of two years imprisonment under Section 506 IPC and a fine of Rs 3000, along with smaller jail terms in different sections of the case. Abbas was physically present in court when the court initially found guilty and convicted him. In view of his arrival tight security arrangements were made in and around the court campus. While contesting 2022 assembly polls from Mau Sadar seat as SP-SBSP alliance candidate Ansari had allegedly threatened officials from a public meeting dais in Paharpur area on March 3, 2022 night by stating, 'After formation of SP-led government, the officials would have to give 'hisab-kitab' (account) of their work of the past regime before getting transferred.' The video clips of the speech of Abbas delivered at Paharpur area started getting viral in social media from March 3 late night. In this video, Abbas could be seen stating, 'Before leaving Lucknow for contesting Mau I had a detailed talk with Akhilesh Bhaiyya (SP supremo Akhilesh Yadav) when I said that don't issue transfer list of officers for six months after formation of government. The officers will first give the account of their work before their transfer certificates are signed. Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like Giao dịch vàng CFDs với mức chênh lệch giá thấp nhất IC Markets Đăng ký Undo ' After the video of the speech went viral on social media, initially the Mau police on March 4 had booked Abbas, Umar and Mansoor in a case under sections 171F (offence of undue influence or personation at an election) and 506 (criminal intimidation) of IPC. Later, after taking legal opinion more sections, including 153A (promoting enmity between different groups on grounds of religion, race), 186 (voluntarily obstructs any public servant in the discharge of his public functions), 189 (Threatening a public servant with injury to him) and 120B (criminal conspiracy) were added by police in this case. After examining the report of Mau officials, the ECI had imposed a 24 hours ban on campaigning by Abbas. On April 19 bail application of Abbas had been rejected by chief judicial magistrate (MP-MLA) of Mau Shweta Chaudhary.
New Indian Express
02-05-2025
- Politics
- New Indian Express
Centre's caste census move may alter UP's political dynamics
LUCKNOW: The Centre's decision to include caste enumeration in the upcoming census is set to create political ripples in Uttar Pradesh, the country's most politically significant state, by reshaping caste-based alignments that dominate its political landscape. The move is likely to accelerate long-pending demands from BJP allies in the state for a sub-quota within the OBC and SC/ST categories. Parties such as Om Prakash Rajbhar's Suheldev Bhartiya Samaj Party (SBSP), Dr Sanjay Nishad's NISHAD Party and Anupriya Patel's Apna Dal (S) have consistently advocated the division of broader caste groups into sub-categories to ensure equitable distribution of reservation benefits. The demand for 'quota within quota' stems from the findings of the Rohini Commission, constituted in 2017 to examine sub-categorisation of OBCs. Headed by Justice G Rohini, retired Chief Justice of the Delhi High Court, the four-member panel submitted its report in 2023, recommending a fairer allocation of reservation based on internal disparities among OBC communities. This argument for equitable distribution was previously echoed in Uttar Pradesh when the state government set up a social justice committee under retired judge Justice Raghvendra Kumar. The committee, in its 2018 report, recommended dividing OBCs into three groups: backward (12 sub-castes), more backward (59 sub-castes) and most backward (79 sub-castes). Similarly, the Dalits were also split into three groups: Dalit (4 sub-castes), Ati Dalit (31) and Maha Dalit (46).
