Ansari Reinstated as MLA Days After HC Stayed Conviction

Abbas Ansari’s Uttar Pradesh Assembly membership restored after Allahabad HC reprieve from hate speech case

Abbas was sentenced to two years of rigorous imprisonment in May this year, in a three-year-old hate speech case, leading to his disqualification from the membe

Abbas Ansari’s Assembly Membership Restored, UP Secretariat Issued Order After Allahabad High Court Relief in Hate Speech Case | 🗳️ LatestLY

The Assembly membership of Abbas Ansari, the elder son of late gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari and MLA from the Mau district of Uttar Pradesh, has been restored. After the Allahabad High Court stayed his jail sentence, the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly Secretariat, on Monday, issued an order restoring Samajwadi Party leader Abbas Ansari's membership. 🗳️ Abbas Ansari’s Assembly Membership Restored, UP Secretariat Issued Order Afte…

Ansari reinstated as MLA days after HC stayed conviction

A senior official confirmed that Ansari’s membership has been restored

UP: Abbas Ansari's legislative membership restored after HC relief in hate speech case

The Uttar Pradesh Vidhan Sabha Secretariat on Monday issued orders to restore Abbas Ansari’s membership in the state Legislative Assembly. This followed the Allahabad High Court’s decision to set aside the two-year jail term earlier handed down by the MP/MLA Special Court in Mau. Ansari, who won the 2022 Assembly elections from the Mau constituency, had lost his legislative membership after being sentenced to two years in prison by the MP/MLA co…

Hate Speech Case: Allahabad High Court Suspends Abbas Ansari’s Sentence, Assembly Membership Restored

Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh Assembly on Monday restored the membership of MLA Abbas Ansari, nearly 18 days after the Allahabad High Court suspended his sentence in a 2022 hate speech case. Abbas, son of jailed gangster-politician Mukhtar Ansari, had won the 2022 Assembly elections from the Mau Sadar constituency as a candidate of Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party (SBSP), which was then in alliance with the Samajwadi Party. Confirming the development…