New Delhi: Bahujan Samaj Get together (BSP) chief Afzal Ansari was on Monday disqualified from the Lok Sabha, pertaining to his conviction by the MP/MLA Court docket, Ghazipur in a kidnapping and homicide case.
Afzal Ansari is the brother of gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari and represented the Ghazipur constituency.
“Consequent upon his conviction by the Court docket of Extra Periods Decide, MP/MLA Court docket, Ghazipur, Uttar Pradesh in Particular Trial/980/2012, Afzal Ansari, Member of Lok Sabha representing the Ghazipur Parliamentary Constituency of Uttar Pradesh stands disqualified from the membership of Lok Sabha from the date of his conviction i.e. 29 April 2023 by way of the provisions of Article 102(1)(e) of the Structure of India learn with Part 8 of the Illustration of the Folks Act, 1951,” the assertion from the Lok Sabha Secretariat learn.
This comes after the MP/MLA Court docket on Saturday, convicted gangster-turned-politician Afzal Ansari in a kidnapping and homicide case pertaining to the killing of Bharatiya Janata Get together (BJP) MLA Krishnanand Rai and sentenced him to 4 years imprisonment. A tremendous of Rs 1 lakh was additionally imposed on Afzal.
Safety was heightened forward of the decision by an MP-MLA courtroom in Uttar Pradesh’s Ghazipur in a kidnapping and homicide case in opposition to gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari, and BSP MP Afzal Ansari on Saturday. (ANI)
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