"SP and Congress are standing out as 'Ram Vidrohis'. They denied the invitation to the Pran Pratishtha ceremony. What does this show? They paid tribute to Mafia Mukhtar Ansari for the vote bank. Their thoughts are clear. They can never stay away from appeasement politics," he said.
The Supreme Court on Wednesday allowed Abbas Ansari to attend a private prayer ceremony on June 10 being held in remembrance of his deceased father Mukhtar Ansari.
Rashtriya Shoshit Samaj Party chief Swami Prasad Maurya reacted to Uttar Pradesh Deputy CM Keshav Prasad Maurya's remarks on the Samajwadi Party's "friendship" with Azam Khan, Atiq Ahmed and Mukhtar Ansari and called him a " Rattu Tota (rote learner) of the RSS and VHP."
Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya asserted that it was the Samajwadi Party's "friendship" with Azam Khan, Atiq Ahmed and Mukhtar Ansari that led to the wiping out of SP in the state.
The Supreme Court on Tuesday allowed Abbas Ansari, who is presently in jail, to attend the 'fatiha' ceremony of his late father Mukhtar Ansari amid tight security arrangements
The Supreme Court on Tuesday allowed Abbas Ansari to attend fatiha ceremony scheduled to be held on April 10 in memory of his father, Mukhtar Ansari, who died in jail recently.
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate Madhavi Latha on Monday mocked her Lok Sabha election rival from Hyderabad, Asadduddin Owaisi after he claimed to have received death threats and asked who can give him death threats when he has friendships with "Mukhtar Ansari and the Kings' group."
After former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav met the family members of gangster turned politician Mukhtar Ansari who died recently, Union Minister BL Verma on Sunday said that the Samajwadi Party president has a history of supporting hooligans and criminals.
Earlier, Owaisi appealed to Election Commission of India to monitor the alleged threat calls he received after meeting with the family members of late Mukhtar Ansari.
Equating the death of gangster turned politician Mukhtar Ansari with the Russia's leader of the opposition, Alexei Navalny who died in prison, Samajwadi Party Chief Akhilesh Yadav met the family of deceased gangster and praised "Umar Ansari's grandfather for their role in the freedom stru