LUCKNOW: The Assembly membership of Abbas Ansari, the elder son of late gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari and MLA from the Mau district of Uttar Pradesh, has been restored.
After the Allahabad High Court stayed his jail sentence, the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly Secretariat, on Monday, issued an order restoring Samajwadi Party leader Abbas Ansari's membership.
After this decision, there will be no need for a by-election on the Mau Sadar Assembly seat.
The Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly Secretariat clarified in its order that in accordance with the instructions of the High Court, the membership of Abbas Ansari is restored with immediate effect.
Principal Secretary of the Legislative Assembly, Pradeep Kumar Dubey, issued an order for restoration of membership of Abbas Ansari in compliance with the order of the Allahabad High Court.
On May 31, the local MP-MLA court sentenced Samajwadi Party MLA from Mau, Abbas Ansari, to two years' imprisonment in a criminal case.
On the basis of this conviction, his membership of the Legislative Assembly was terminated.
However, the Allahabad High Court stayed his conviction and ruled in his favour, after which the Legislative Assembly Secretariat took prompt action and restored his membership.
Abbas Ansari was accused of giving hate speech during the 2022 Assembly elections.