Mau constituency, which goes to vote on 7 March, has been gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari’s stronghold since 1996. He has won the seat five consecutive times.
Mukhtar Ansari, Atiq Ahmed, Indra Pratap Tiwari, Gayatri Prajapati…many politicians with a criminal past have been denied tickets by parties, kin chosen to retain support bases.
Hindi news channels spent most of their time following Mukhtar Ansari's journey from Punjab to UP prison. Elsewhere, cameras remain fixated with Amit Shah’s bald pate.
The Uttar Pradesh government, however, said a team of doctors of the Banda Medical College examined Mukhtar Ansari at the jail and no 'immediate' health issues were found by them.
Ansari was taken in an ambulance guarded by a posse of gun-toting security personnel throughout his 900-km journey from Rupnagar to the Uttar Pradesh town in Bundelkhand region.
Afshan, the wife of Mukhtar Ansari, pleaded that the UP MLA should be provided security when he is in Banda jail and during his transportation to court for trial proceedings.
Breaking 2-year deadlock between Punjab & UP, top court says gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari, who avoided 26 court warrants, cannot oppose transfer citing minor medical ailments.
SEBI probe concluded that purported loans and fund transfers were paid back in full and did not amount to deceptive market practices or unreported related party transactions.
India exited the Indo-Russian FGFA programme in 2018. But now it might procure at least 2 squadrons of Su-57 aircraft from Russia and evaluate Russian proposal to manufacture them in India.
Many really smart people now share the position that playing cricket with Pakistan is politically, strategically and morally wrong. It is just a poor appreciation of competitive sport.
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