Why have been Rahul and Priyanka giving Mukhtar Ansari five-star services in a Punjab jail? BJP’s sharp questions

Lucknow: The case of giving VIP facility to gangster Mukhtar Ansari in Rupnagar jail has elevated in opposition to the previous Congress authorities of Punjab. Uttar Pradesh BJP on Wednesday requested Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra as to what these services have been being given to Mukhtar Ansari. Punjab minister Harjot Singh Bains has accused the Congress authorities of offering VIP services to Mukhtar Ansari.

The Uttar Pradesh BJP additionally alleged that Ansari was concerned in immoral and unlawful actions from contained in the Punjab jail. BJP spokesperson Rakesh Tripathi mentioned that the hand of Congress has at all times been with criminals and mafia. BJP chief Alka Rai wrote a number of letters to Priyanka Gandhi over the homicide of her husband Krishnanand Rai, asking her not to offer protection to a felony. Tripathi mentioned that the Uttar Pradesh authorities had moved the Supreme Court to convey Ansari again, however the then Punjab authorities opposed it because it needed to supply all services to Ansari. The BJP chief mentioned, “I want to ask Rahul and Priyanka why they were giving these facilities to Ansari. What did the Congress get in return for providing these facilities to a gangster? The present government is proving that Ansari was involved in immoral and illegal activities from inside the jail.

Mukhtar gets five star facilities in Punjab jail
Mrityunjay Kumar, media advisor to Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, also tweeted and asked the Congress why he was so attached to a gangster. Kumar claimed in a tweet, “Punjab authorities saved Mukhtar Ansari for greater than two and a half years by registering a faux FIR. Mukhtar used to reside alone as a VIP along with his spouse in a barrack of twenty folks. When the UP police tried to convey him, the charges of legal professionals have been additionally paid by the Congress to save lots of him. Why a lot attachment to a gangster? Punjab Jail Minister Bains, throughout a dialogue within the state meeting on Tuesday, alleged that Ansari was saved in Rupnagar jail for 2 years and three months after a faux FIR was registered in opposition to him. He mentioned within the House that he (Ansari) was given VIP facility and his spouse stayed with him. He mentioned that the services of a five-star lodge got to him.

55 lakhs given to legal professionals to save lots of Ansari
The minister had mentioned, it is a critical difficulty. I’m the jail minister and I got here to find out about a case wherein gangster Mukhtar Ansari was saved in Rupnagar jail for 2 years and three months. He had mentioned that the Uttar Pradesh authorities needed to go to the Supreme Court to take Ansari into custody and the then authorities had engaged senior legal professionals to guard Ansari and he was paid a charge of Rs 11 lakh to seem within the case. The minister additionally claimed {that a} invoice of Rs 55 lakh was introduced because the charges of advocates.

Prove that spouse was in jail with Ansari: Pratap Singh Bajwa
Denying these allegations, Congress chief Pratap Singh Bajwa requested Bains to show that Ansari’s spouse was in that jail. He had mentioned, are you able to show that his (Ansari’s) spouse was in jail. If you may’t show it, you’ll have to resign. It could also be talked about that Mukhtar Ansari was remanded within the custody of Uttar Pradesh Police in April final 12 months and is at present lodged in Banda Jail in Uttar Pradesh. Ansari was lodged in Rupnagar jail since January 2019 in a ransom case.