Mafia-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari joins BSP

January 26, 2017 18:14

Mafia-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari has joined the Bahujan Samaj Party and will contest the Uttar Pradesh assembly elections from Mau Sadar, party chief Mayawati said on Thursday.

The BSP will also field Ansari's son Abbas and brother Sigbatullah from Ghosi and Mohammadabad Gohna, respectively.

Mukhtar Ansari, a founder of the Quami Ekta Dal, is the current MLA from Mau Sadar. He has been a member of the BSP before.

Last year, the QED merged with the ruling Samajwadi Party, but Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav was unhappy with the move -- given Ansari's criminal antecedents, and the fact that the merger was formalised due to his uncle's Shivpal's initiative.

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