BSP MP Afzal Ansari loses Lok Sabha membership

BSP MP Afzal Ansari was disqualified as a member of Lok Sabha on Monday following his conviction and sentence to four-year jail term in a criminal case. Ansari was convicted in connection with the 2005 kidnapping and murder case of BJP MLA Krishnanand Rai on Saturday (April 29).

He has been sentenced to 4 years of rigorous imprisonment and also set to lose his Lok Sabha seat. Besides, he has also been slapped with a fine of Rs 1 lakh.

Earlier, his brother Mukhtar Ansari has also been sentenced to 10 years in jail and slapped with a fine of Rs 5



lakh. 

The brothers were booked under the UP Gangsters Act in connection with the murder of the then MLA from Ghazipur, Krishnanad Rai, on November 29, 2005 along with the kidnapping and murder of Varanasi-based trader Nand Kishore Rungta in 1997.

According to the Representation of the People Act, any member will be disqualified if convicted and sentenced to imprisonment for two years or more.

Recently, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi lost his Lok Sabha membership after he was convicted in a 2019 defamation case and sentenced to two years in jail.