UP Polls: Mayawati says no to dons, drops Mukhtar Ansari from Mau

Bahujan Samaj Party supremo Mayawati said that her party won't field dons and mafias candidates in next year's Uttar Pradesh elections 2022 and announced that jailed gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari will not be given a party ticket from Mau again

Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh): Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) supremo Mayawati, on Friday said that her party will not field dons and mafia elements as candidates in the next year's Uttar Pradesh elections. She also announced that jailed gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari will not be given a party ticket from Mau again.

Taking to Twitter, Mayawati, said that BSP state president Bhim Rajbhar will contest from Mau seat, instead of Mukhtar Ansari.

"In upcoming assembly polls, the BSP's effort will be to not field 'bahubali' and mafia elements. So, the name of Bhim Rajbhar, the BSP UP president, has been finalised from the Mau assembly seat in place of Mukhtar Ansari," she tweeted in Hindi.

Mayawati said the decision has been taken to meet people's expectations and she appealed to party leaders to keep this in mind while choosing candidates. "So that there is no problem in taking strict action against such elements once the government is formed."

She further asserted that she wanted to ensure rule of law and would not entertain those who violated the law.

Ansari, who is currently lodged in Banda jail with several criminal cases pending against him, had won the Mua seat in 2017 on a BSP ticket.

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