Mukhtar Ansari
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Mukhtar Ansari is an India
n politician from Maunath Bhanjan or Mau in Eastern Uttar Pradesh
. Most recently he won the Mau seat in the Uttar Pradesh Elections, 2007 as an Independent.He is one among many such criminal-politicians in Uttar Pradesh.
Mukhtar was initially a member of the Makhanu Singh
gang, which clashed with Sahib Singh's gang over Ghazipur
's lucrative contract work mafia, estimated at more than Rs.200 crores a year.
Eventually, Makhanu Singh killed Sahib Singh, resulting in brutal reprisals.
Mukhtar Ansari's main mafia activity is in coal mining
, railway construction and scrap disposal, Public Works construction, and the illicit liquor business.
The local contract work mafia business, known as thekedari,
was taken over from ganglord Tata Birender Singh when he was killed by
Brajesh Singh.
In 2001 Brajesh Singh
ambushed Ansari's convoy on the Mau-Lucknow highway. In the shootout that
followed, Mukhtar Ansari lost three of his key men and Brajesh Singh was
critically injured and declared dead soon after. Mukhtar Ansari was 'crowned'
the undisputed king of eastern U.P. (Purvanchal).
However, a year later Brajesh Singh was spotted in the Mau-Ghazipur area
and the feud allegedly still continues.Brajesh singh
was recently arrested on 24 Jan 2008 at Bhubaneswar, Orissa , where he was living under a different identity as a builder and had been running a real estate business in the city.http://news.webindia123.com/news/Articles/India/20080124/876180.html
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India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
n politician from Maunath Bhanjan or Mau in Eastern Uttar Pradesh
Uttar Pradesh
Uttar Pradesh abbreviation U.P. , is a state located in the northern part of India. With a population of over 200 million people, it is India's most populous state, as well as the world's most populous sub-national entity...
. Most recently he won the Mau seat in the Uttar Pradesh Elections, 2007 as an Independent.He is one among many such criminal-politicians in Uttar Pradesh.
Mukhtar was initially a member of the Makhanu Singh
gang, which clashed with Sahib Singh's gang over Ghazipur
Ghazipur
Ghazipur , or Ghazipur City, previously spelt Ghazeepore, is a city/town and a municipal corporation and headquarter of Ghazipur district in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India. It is the administrative headquarters of Ghazipur Division and Sub-division...
's lucrative contract work mafia, estimated at more than Rs.200 crores a year.
Eventually, Makhanu Singh killed Sahib Singh, resulting in brutal reprisals.
Mukhtar Ansari's main mafia activity is in coal mining
Coal mining
The goal of coal mining is to obtain coal from the ground. Coal is valued for its energy content, and since the 1880s has been widely used to generate electricity. Steel and cement industries use coal as a fuel for extraction of iron from iron ore and for cement production. In the United States,...
, railway construction and scrap disposal, Public Works construction, and the illicit liquor business.
The local contract work mafia business, known as thekedari,
was taken over from ganglord Tata Birender Singh when he was killed by
Brajesh Singh.
In 2001 Brajesh Singh
ambushed Ansari's convoy on the Mau-Lucknow highway. In the shootout that
followed, Mukhtar Ansari lost three of his key men and Brajesh Singh was
critically injured and declared dead soon after. Mukhtar Ansari was 'crowned'
the undisputed king of eastern U.P. (Purvanchal).
However, a year later Brajesh Singh was spotted in the Mau-Ghazipur area
and the feud allegedly still continues.Brajesh singh
Brajesh Singh
Brajesh Singh or Kunwar Brijesh Singh was an Indian politician belonging to the Communist Party of India. He hailed from the royal family of Kalakankar near Allahabad and his cousin Dinesh Singh was a minister in the Indian cabinet.He first married Kunwarani Laxmi Devi, followed by Leela, an...
was recently arrested on 24 Jan 2008 at Bhubaneswar, Orissa , where he was living under a different identity as a builder and had been running a real estate business in the city.http://news.webindia123.com/news/Articles/India/20080124/876180.html
Politics
Mukhtar Ansari has been elected as an independent MLA consequently thrice from the Mau Sadar seat in Uttar Pradesh. He contested 2009 loksabha election from Varanasi seat on BSP ticket and lost to Murali Manohar Joshi of BJP by a low margin of 17211 votes (MUKHTAR ANSARI, BSP - 185911 votes & DR. MURLI MANOHAR JOSHI, BJP -203122 votes-/www.indian-elections.com). Later he was expelled from the BSP after the loksabha election. Now he has floated a new party in eastern Uttar Pradesh, "Quami Ekta Dal" & will contest 2012 assembly elections.See also
- Mukhtar Ahmad Ansari
- Sibakatullah AnsariSibakatullah AnsariSibakatullah Ansari or Sibagtulla Ansari is a Samajwadi Party politician from Mohammadabad in eastern Uttar Pradesh, India. He is the elder brother in the well-known Ansari family which had a freedom-fighter role during India's independence movement, but has of late been known as the leading...
- Afzal Ansari
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