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Abbas Ansari disqualified as UP MLA after conviction in hate speech case

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Abbas Ansari, son of Mukhtar Ansari, has been disqualified from the Uttar Pradesh legislative assembly following his conviction in a 2022 hate speech case. The special MP-MLA court sentenced him to two years imprisonment, leading to the declaration of his Mau assembly constituency as vacant. Ansari was found guilty of threatening the district administration during a public meeting.

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