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Mukhtar's Son Disqualified From Assembly

The New Indian Express Kottayam

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June 02, 2025

UP MLA Abbas Ansari, son of late gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari, has been disqualified as a member of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly after he was sentenced to two years in prison in a 2022 hate speech case by a local court in Mau district, official sources said on Sunday.

- NAMITA BAJPAI @ Lucknow

Under the Representation of the People Act, there is a provision to terminate the membership of the legislative house if the court sentences a member to two years of imprisonment or more.

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