In January 2017, a few weeks before voting for the Uttar Pradesh Assembly election campaign, the Bahujan Samaj Party, desperate to return to power, made a move to welcome criminally tainted Purvanchal MLA Mukhtar Ansari, his brothers Afzal Ansari, into their ranks. took a risky step. and Sigbatullah Ansari, and son Abbas.
Mayawati’s rival and Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav had dismissed the Ansaris as part of his clean image campaign.
Defending the inclusion of jailed MLA Mukhtar Ansari, Ms. Mayawati had said that, “there are big goons in other parties,” as she suggested that the many criminal cases against Mr. Mukhtar Ansari were neither genuine. Ms. Mayawati had hoped to benefit from the Ansari’s clout in the pockets of Purvanchal – Ghazipur, Mau, Ballia and Varanasi – while also sending a larger message to the Muslims as part of her strategy – which later proved a failure – to unite. Dalit and Muslim Voters
The political phase seems to have begun for Ansari and the two non-BJP parties. On Friday, Ms. Mayawati announced that Mr. Mukhtar Ansari would not be fielded by the BSP in the 2022 assembly elections as part of an effort to keep Mau away from Mafia or dubbed candidates. bahubali.
“In the upcoming UP assembly elections, will the BSP try or not? bahubali Or get the mafia to contest the election from the party,” he declared, declaring that Bhim Rajbhar would be the new candidate from Mau.
Mr. Rajbhar is the state president of BSP and belongs to OBC Rajbhar community. And through this announcement, which Ms. Mayawati tweeted, she may also send a message to the Rajbhar community of Purvanchal.
It is to be noted that recently Akhilesh Yadav, reversing his earlier strategy, had welcomed Mr. Mukhtar Ansari’s brother and former MLA Sigbatullah Ansari into his party, drawing a jibe from the ruling BJP. Abbas Ansari lost the 2017 election on the BSP’s symbol, while Mr. Afzal Ansari won the 2019 Lok Sabha election from Ghazipur on a BSP ticket, when the party forged an alliance with the SP.
Ms. Mayawati said her decision to release Mr. Mukhtar Ansari was taken as part of her efforts to meet the “expectations” of the public and pass this test. He appealed to his party office bearers to keep their background in mind while selecting the candidates so that if the BSP forms the government, it does not face any hurdle in taking “stern action against such elements”.
Was committed to the paradigm of BSP”rule by law“Or the rule of law, and change the face of UP, she said.
The BSP has focused on appeasing Brahmins ahead of the 2022 elections and has also promised that it will no longer build memorials, parks for OBCs and Dalits’ idols, but serve the interests of the Brahmin community when it comes to power for the fifth time. will also work. Time.
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