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Home / News / India News / Photos / IN PHOTOS: Akhilesh Yadav visits Mukhtar Ansari`s family in Ghazipur

IN PHOTOS: Akhilesh Yadav visits Mukhtar Ansari`s family in Ghazipur

Updated On: 07 April, 2024 05:53 PM IST | Asif Ali Sayed

Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav on Sunday visited the family of mafia-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari at his home in Ghazipur, and said he hoped the truth of his death will come out and the family will get justice. Pics/Samajwadi Party/X

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Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav on Sunday visited the family of mafia-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari at his home in Ghazipur, and said he hoped the truth of his death will come out and the family will get justice. Pics/Samajwadi Party/X

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Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav on Sunday visited the family of mafia-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari at his home in Ghazipur, and said he hoped the truth of his death will come out and the family will get justice. Pics/Samajwadi Party/X

"It`s shocking that Mukhtar Ansari himself made apprehensions that he is being given poison (in jail)... I hope the government will bring truth (of his death) before us and the family will get justice," Akhilesh Yadav told reporters on Sunday

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"It`s shocking that Mukhtar Ansari himself made apprehensions that he is being given poison (in jail)... I hope the government will bring truth (of his death) before us and the family will get justice," Akhilesh Yadav told reporters on Sunday

He also attacked the BJP saying that the Indian government is accused of getting people killed in another country. "Will the definition of viksit Bharat (developed India) be that we will go to another country and commit murder?" he asked

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He also attacked the BJP saying that the Indian government is accused of getting people killed in another country. "Will the definition of viksit Bharat (developed India) be that we will go to another country and commit murder?" he asked

Pointing to the allegation by Mukhtar Ansari`s family that he was given poison in jail, he said, "Will you, I and all the people here accept that it was a natural death? Is this not the feeling among the general public that the government is hiding something?

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Pointing to the allegation by Mukhtar Ansari`s family that he was given poison in jail, he said, "Will you, I and all the people here accept that it was a natural death? Is this not the feeling among the general public that the government is hiding something?

"Wasn`t an opposition leader in Russia poisoned to death? In Russia, the opposition leader was just kept in jail and poisoned. The Indian government was accused of getting (people) killed in another country. Didn`t the prime minister of Canada accuse India?"

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"Wasn`t an opposition leader in Russia poisoned to death? In Russia, the opposition leader was just kept in jail and poisoned. The Indian government was accused of getting (people) killed in another country. Didn`t the prime minister of Canada accuse India?"

Without naming anyone or specifying any incident, he further said, "A businessman talked about giving one lakh dollars and attempted a murder. He was caught in another country and is in jail. An Indian government official was involved in it. You all know the things. Are we, the opposition, who are doubting the government, wrong?" he said

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Without naming anyone or specifying any incident, he further said, "A businessman talked about giving one lakh dollars and attempted a murder. He was caught in another country and is in jail. An Indian government official was involved in it. You all know the things. Are we, the opposition, who are doubting the government, wrong?" he said

Mukhtar Ansari, a five-time MLA from Mau, died due to cardiac arrest, on March 28, as per the government. However, the family members allege that he was given poison inside the jail

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Mukhtar Ansari, a five-time MLA from Mau, died due to cardiac arrest, on March 28, as per the government. However, the family members allege that he was given poison inside the jail

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