Convictions Lead to Disqualifications of Multiple UP MPs
Afzal Ansari, a Lok Sabha member from Ghazipur representing BSP, has been disqualified from his position after being convicted and sentenced to four years in jail in a kidnapping-and-murder case by a court in Uttar Pradesh. His brother, Mukhtar Ansari, was also convicted in the same case and sentenced to 10 years in jail. The brothers were booked under the UP Gangsters Act in connection with the murder of an MLA and a Varanasi-based trader.