Conviction of THESE 6 MPs of INDIA bloc can tweak Lok Sabha 2024 results in Uttar Pradesh

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2024 saw a close fight between the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the INDIA bloc in Uttar Pradesh, with the opposition ultimately winning 43 of the 81 seats. However, the outcome could change as at least six recently-elected Members of Parliament (MP) representing INDIA bloc from Uttar Pradesh face multiple criminal charges that could even lead to conviction.The most prominent among them is Ghazipur MP Afzal Ansari, who is the elder brother of gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari. Afzal won the election as an SP candidate.

Also Read: First-hand account: A visit to ‘Phatak’, Mukhtar Ansari’s family home in Uttar Pradesh's GhazipurAfzal Ansari has already been sentenced to four years in jail in a gangster act case. His conviction was stayed by the Allahabad High Court which allowed him to contest elections. However, the case will be heard when the court opens in July.

If the court upholds his sentence, he will lose his membership of parliament.Remember, Ansari was disqualified from Lok Sabha in his previous term after conviction in a murder case. He had won 2019 elections from Ghazipur as a BSP candidate. An MP is disqualified if convicted in a case with an imprisonment of more than two years.

Azamgarh MP and Samajwadi Party leader Dharmendra Yadav has four criminal cases pending against him and will lose his membership if he is convicted for more than two years. Similarly, Jaunpur MP Babu Singh Kushwaha has 25 cases against him related to the NRHM scam, which took place when Mayawati was the chief minister of Uttar Pradesh.Rambhual Nishad, who won the Sultanpur seat by defeating BJP's Maneka Gandhi, is an accused in eight cases, including one registered under the Gangsters Act. Similarly, Chandauli MP Virendra