After Mayawati rejects Mukhtar Ansari, AIMIM opens door for gangster

Ahead of the much-awaited 2022 Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls, Asaduddin Owaisi led AIMIM has opened its arms for the infamous gangster Mukhtar Ansari, who stays in Banda jail owing to a number of pending legal circumstances in opposition to him. All India Majlis-e-Ittehad-ul-Muslimeen (AIMIM) chief Syed Asim Waqar has on Friday reportedly stated on behalf of his social gathering that “if Ansari wants, the AIMIM will give him a ticket”.
“Mayawati ji says Mukhtar Ansari is a criminal so they are cancelling his ticket. As long as Atiq Ahmad and Mukhtar Ansari gave them benefits, they were given tickets,” stated Waqar, including, “On behalf of the AIMIM, I assure that if Ansari wants, our doors are open and we will give him a ticket.”
BSP chief Mayawati ditches shut aide Mukhtar Ansari
The assertion got here hours after former Uttar Pradesh CM and BSP supremo Mayawati dropped her shut aide and social gathering MLA Mukhtar Ansari as a candidate for subsequent yr’s state election.
While declaring that the BSP’s state chief Bhim Rajbhar could be the candidate from Mau as a substitute of Ansari, Mayawati had tweeted this morning: “BSP’s efforts will be that no mafia or strongman gets party ticket in the upcoming UP assembly polls. Keeping this in mind, not Mukhtar Ansari but Bhim Rajbhar has been finalised for the Mau constituency.”
Mayawati’s announcement got here quickly after Sigbatullah Ansari, a brother of Mukhtar Ansari, joined Akhilesh Yadav’s Samajwadi Party.
Mayawati defined that her resolution to keep away from Mukhtar Ansari was a part of her endeavour to fulfill the general public’s “expectations” and cross this check. She urged her social gathering’s office-bearers to think about candidates’ backgrounds when selecting candidates in order that if the BSP types authorities, will probably be capable of take “strong action against such elements.”
The BSP was dedicated to the paradigm of “kanoon dwara kanoon ka raj” (the usage of the legislation to implement the foundations of legislation), and altering the face of Uttar Pradesh, she added.
According to stories, Mukhtar Ansari could have been kicked out of the BSP by the supremo to counter accusations by the ruling BJP and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath depicting BSP as a celebration of criminals and gangsters.
When Mayawati had campaigned for the dreaded gangster
Before the final UP election in 2017 when Ansari had rejoined the BSP after 7 years, Mayawati had campaigned for Mukhtar Ansari in Mau. Mayawati had stated on the time that Ansari had been framed by the Samajwadi Party authorities of Akhilesh Yadav.
“My government has always been tough on criminals. But I also ensure that no one is fabricated in false cases. Mukhtar Ansari’s family is one such example. His family has been framed in false cases,” she had stated.
Meanwhile, Gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari is at the moment lodged in Banda jail. He has been in jails throughout UP on numerous prices since 2005. Ansari is charged in over 50 legal circumstances, together with homicide and kidnapping. Fifteen circumstances have gone into trial.
Gangster turned politician Mukhtar Ansari lodged in Banda jail
Ansari had been booked by Ghazipur police beneath the Uttar Pradesh Gangster and Anti-Social Activities (Prevention) Act. The UP authorities has been demolishing a number of unlawful properties of Ansari unfold throughout the state and had additionally cracked down on Ansari’s aides and associates, in addition to his unlawful companies. Ansari, the descendant of a politically highly effective household linked with Congress leaders has been a mafia don and MLA for a number of consecutive phrases.