{"id":66372,"date":"2023-05-02T14:47:28","date_gmt":"2023-05-02T14:47:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news24x7india.com\/?p=66372"},"modified":"2023-05-02T14:47:40","modified_gmt":"2023-05-02T14:47:40","slug":"bsps-afzal-ansari-disqualified-as-lok-sabha-member","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news24x7india.com\/?p=66372","title":{"rendered":"BSP&#8217;s Afzal Ansari disqualified as Lok Sabha member"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/news24x7india.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/images28129.jpeg?resize=640%2C426&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-66373\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/news24x7india.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/images28129.jpeg?w=679&amp;ssl=1 679w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/news24x7india.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/images28129.jpeg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Member of Parliament,&nbsp;<a class=\"semibold blue artInLink\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/economictimes.indiatimes.com\/topic\/afzal-ansari\" target=\"_blank\">Afzal Ansari<\/a>, on Monday was disqualified from his position following his conviction in a 2007 criminal case.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Bahujan Samaj Party parliamentarian was sentenced to four years in prison on Saturday, in a Ghazipur court judgement that also saw his brother, gangster-turned-politician&nbsp;<a class=\"semibold blue artInLink\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/economictimes.indiatimes.com\/topic\/mukhtar-ansari\" target=\"_blank\">Mukhtar Ansari<\/a>, sentenced to ten years in prison. The Ansaris have also been fined a collective Rs 6 lakh by the court.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Consequent upon his conviction by the Court of Additional Sessions Judge, M.P.\/M.L.A. Court, Ghazipur,&nbsp;<a class=\"semibold blue artInLink\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/economictimes.indiatimes.com\/topic\/uttar-pradesh\" target=\"_blank\">Uttar Pradesh<\/a>&nbsp;in Special Trial\/980\/2012, Shri 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,&#8221; reads a Lok Sabha notification.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Ansari brothers were booked under the UP Gangsters Act in 2007 in Mohammadabad, two years after they were accused of orchestrating the murder of former BJP legislator Krishnanand Rai<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Member of Parliament,&nbsp;Afzal Ansari, on Monday was disqualified from his position following his conviction 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