MLA Abbas Ansari Convicted In 2022 Hate Speech Case By UP Court, Gets Two-Year Jail Term

A Court in Uttar Pradesh's Mau District today convicted Mau Sadar MLA Abbas Ansari in connection with the 'Hisab-Kitab' hate speech case. He has been sentenced to two years in jail, which means he is likely to lose his legislative assembly membership.

The case against Ansari pertained to a statement he made, threatening government officials with payback at an election rally in Mau district in March 2022, if the SP-SBSP alliance formed the government in the state.

He had allegedly said- "सपा मुखिया अखिलेश यादव से कहकर आया हूं, सरकार बनने के बाद छह महीने तक किसी की ट्रांसफर-पोस्टिंग नहीं होगी। जो जहां है, वही रहेगा। पहले हिसाब-किताब होगा। फिर ट्रांसफर होगा।" [Translation : I have told the Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav that after the formation of the government, there will be no transfers or postings for six months. Everyone will remain where they are. First, there will be 'Hisab-Kitab'; only then will transfers take place.]

He was booked under Sections 506 [Punishment for criminal intimidation], 171F [Punishment for undue influence or personation at an election], 186 [Obstructing public servant in discharge of public functions], 189 [Threat of injury to public servan], 153A [Promoting enmity between different groups on grounds of religion, race, place of birth, residence. language, etc., and doing acts prejudicial to maintenance of harmony] and 120B [Punishment of criminal conspiracy] of IPC.

His brother, Mansoor Ansari, has also been convicted in the case, and he has been sentenced to 6 months in jail.

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