‘No mafia will get party ticket’: Mayawati bids adieu Mukhtar Ansari, to field Bhim Rajbhar from Mau
Bahujan Samaj Party supremo Mayawati on Friday said no mafia or ‘bahubali’ will get party ticket. Mayawati said that the party has fielded UP BSP chief Bhim Rajbhar to contest from Mau constituency in place of Mukhtar Ansari in the upcoming elections.
“BSP’s efforts will be that no mafia or strongman gets party ticket in the upcoming UP assembly polls,” Mayawati said.
1. बीएसपी का अगामी यूपी विधानसभा आमचुनाव में प्रयास होगा कि किसी भी बाहुबली व माफिया आदि को पार्टी से चुनाव न लड़ाया जाए। इसके मद्देनजर ही आजमगढ़ मण्डल की मऊ विधानसभा सीट से अब मुख्तार अंसारी का नहीं बल्कि यूपी के बीएसपी स्टेट अध्यक्ष श्री भीम राजभर के नाम को फाइनल किया गया है।
— Mayawati (@Mayawati) September 10, 2021
Mayawati asserted that she wanted to ensure rule of law and would not entertain those who violated the law.
BSP MLA Mukhtar Ansari, who has a vast criminal record has been denied ticket for the Uttar Pradesh election 2022.
Mukhtar Ansari’s ouster from the BSP was a foregone conclusion after his brother Sigbatullah Ansari joined Samajwadi Party last month.
His joining the Samajwadi Party was a clear indication that Mukhtar Ansari and his brother Afzal Ansari, who is a BSP MP from Ghazipur, would also join SP, sooner than later.
In 2017, the BSP had given a ticket to Mukhtar Ansari and his son Abbas Ansari who could not win the election. In 2019, Afzal Ansari was the BSP candidate in the Lok Sabha elections.
The former gangster-turned-politician is currently lodged in Uttar Pradesh’s Banda jail. Ansari, the legislator from Mau in eastern Uttar Pradesh, is facing 52 cases in Uttar Pradesh and elsewhere, and 15 of them are in the trial stage.
News Credit: India TV News
