BSP MP Afzal Ansari sentenced to 4-year imprisonment, set to lose Lok Sabha membership
Afzal Ansari, BSP MP from Ghazipur in Uttar Pradesh and brother of former MLA Mukhtar Ansari, was today convicted under the Gangster Act and sentenced to 4 years imprisonment in the Gangster Act case.
The Ghazipur MP/MLA court pronounced the sentence, moments after Afzal’s conviction in the case, along with his brother Mukhtar Ansari.
As per the provisions in Article 102 r/w Section 8 (3)of the Representation of People Act 1951, Ansari would now be disqualified as member of the Lok Sabha.
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