Don’t elect those facilitating illegal arms licences: Yogi Adityanath jibe at Ghazipur MP in home turf

His remarks come in the wake of Ghazipur police filing five FIRs against Mukhtar Ansari’s family members, including his wife Afshan Ansari and brother and MP Afzal Ansari, on charges of procuring arms licences on forged documents. Afzal is the local Samajwadi Party MP.  “A district that once was home to the ashram of Pauhari Baba and a centre associated with Lord Parashuram and Maharishi Jamadagni should not become a breeding ground for the mafia. These mafia belongs to no one.  They exploit the poor, intimidate traders and compromise the safety of daughters,” he added.

Adityanath said former MLA Krishnanand Rai fought against the mafia who under the protection of the then government brutally and mercilessly murdered him and seven youths. “Despite all the evidence, the mafia continued to enjoy political protection. But now the mafia can no longer receive such protection. The downfall of those who try to protect them is certain,” he asserted.

The Ansari family belongs to the Mohammadabad area of Ghazipur district.

Targeting the Samajwadi Party, the CM said, “They divide society and honour a foreign invader like Salar Masud Ghazi. They used to bow before dreaded mafias who brandished weapons and even went to their graves to offer tributes.”

The CM also recalled Brigadier Abdul Hamid, other brave soldiers and litterateurs who hailed from Ghazipur. “The brave sons of Ghazipur never stepped back during the country’s freedom struggle, the tribal invasion, the wars of 1962, 1965, 1971 and the 1999 Kargil War, as well as during Operation Sindoor. Dozens of youths from here were also associated with the Azad Hind Fauj formed by Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose,” he added.