BSP’s Afzal Ansari Loses Lok Sabha Membership Following His Conviction In A Gangster Act Case

Bahujan Samaj Party's Afzal Ansari was today disqualified as a Member of Lok Sabha from the date of his conviction in a Gangster Act case. A notification in this regard was issued by the Lok Sabha Secretariat today. Ansari is an MP from Uttar Pradesh's Ghazipur district.

The notification was issued two days after a special MLA/MP Court in the UP's Ghazipur district convicted and sentenced him to 4 years in prison in a Gangster Act Case. The disqualification has taken place by virtue of provisions contained in article 102 (1) (e) r/w section 8 (3)of the Representation of People Act 1951.

Significantly, this disqualification can be reversed in case a higher court, in an appeal, grants a stay on the conviction of the person concerned or it goes on to decide the appeal moved against the conviction in favour of the person concerned.

The case under the Gangster Act against Ansari and his brother and former UP MLA Mukhtar Ansari was registered after they were booked for their involvement in the kidnapping of Vishwa Hindu Parishad office-bearer Nandkishore Rungta in the year 1996 and also in the murder of Bharatiya Janata Party MLA Krishnanand Rai in the year 2005.