5 Facts On Mukhtar Ansari, Gangster-Turned Politician From UP

Friday, 29 March 2024Newsdesk

Mukhtar Ansari news: The gangster-turned politician had over 60 criminal cases pending against him

New Delhi 29 March 2024

As per news report of NDTV,Jailed gangster-turned politician Mukhtar Ansari died of a cardiac arrest at a hospital in Banda in Uttar Pradesh on Thursday. He was 63. Since 1952 nobody won from Mau in Uttar Pradesh for a second consecutive time, but Mukhtar Ansari broke the myth by winning the seat five times in a row beginning 1996, including twice as a Bahujan Samaj Party candidate. He last contested the assembly polls in 2017.

Source - NDTV