Lucknow: With UP elections entering its fifth phase, Mukhtar Ansari's son Abbas Bin Mukhtar Ansari told CNN-News18 that despite seeking their help UP Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav betrayed them.
Abbas Ansari said that Akhilesh sought his father's support to shore up the numbers to present a favourable case in front of Election Commission in the latter's fight to seek control of Samajwadi Party and its election symbol.
"Don't know why Akhilesh betrayed us, but the truth is Akhilesh was himself in contact with my father Mukhtar Ansari. The CM met my father for an hour in Vidhan Sabha and assured the political association… You can file RTI to see that affidavit of both my father and uncle Sibakatullah was taken by Akhilesh while he was fighting to save the party," said Abbas Ansari.
The merger of Ansari's Qaumi Ekta Dal (QED) had stirred a controversy in the ruling Samajwadi Party last year when then party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav okayed Ansari's entry into the party, which Mulayam's Chief Minister son, Akhilesh Yadav, bitterly opposed.
The Ansaris have considerable political clout among the weavers in eastern parts of the state and hold sway over more than a dozen Assembly seats.
"A false perception has been created around my father...we were targeted but the likes of Gayatri Prajapati, Raja Bhaiya, Pandit Singh continue to be with SP," said the young Ansari.
After being dumped by the Samajwadi Party, mafia don turned politician Mukhtar Ansari joined the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) along with his son and brother ahead of the UP polls.
While sitting legislator Mukhtar Ansari will contest the Mau seat in eastern Uttar Pradesh, son Abbas will contest from Ghosi and Mukhtar's brother Sibagatullah will be BSP candidate from Mohammadabad.
"When Mulayam has said that Akhilesh is against minorities, what have we to say," said Abbas Ansari, casting doubts on the future of Muslims under the SP regime.
The young Ansari also dismissed the coming together of Rahul Gandhi and Askhilesh Yadav, saying it will have no impact.
Mukhtar was first elected to UP assembly in 1996 on a BSP ticket. However, the controversial politician was elected a member of UP Assembly in 2002 and 2007 as an independent candidate.
Ansari joined BSP once again in 2007 and contested the 2009 Lok Sabha elections unsuccessfully. In 2010, the Mau MLA was expelled from the party owing to his involvement in criminal activities.
After forming his own party, Quami Ekta Dal in the same year, he was elected an MLA from Mau once again in 2012 Assembly elections.
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