After the death of gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari, Samajwadi Party leader and Mukhtar’s brother Afzal Ansari on March 31 accused the BJP government of Uttar Pradesh, the Police department of the state, and many other officials and leaders of being behind the planning of his brother’s death. He said that Mukhtar was poisoned to death since the leaders in power were jealous of the Ansari family’s history of freedom struggle.
“The government, to cover up its crime, took the help of the media declared Mukhtar fit, and sent him to jail from the hospital. They appointed him a surgeon while there was no surgery case. God will do justice. Because of this cruel murder, the confidence in the BJP among the people of the country and state is finished. This is a matter of the Ansari family, we have a history". Watch video for more.