New Delhi, Jan 9: Uttar Pradesh MLA Mukhtar Ansari suffered a heart attack at Banda jail on Tuesday morning, reported news agency ANI. Mukhtar Ansari and his wife have been taken to a hospital in critical condition. The mafia-don turned politician suffered a heart attack when his wife arrived to meet him Banda jail. His wife, who is in shock, was also rushed to the hospital.
Mukhtar Ansari, who had merged his Quami Ekta Dal (QED) with the BSP before last year’s Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls, himself won the election from Mau seat. He won from the Mau Assembly constituency in Uttar Pradesh a record five times. Mukhtar Ansari has been in jail since 2015 under various criminal sections.
In June 2016, Ansari had announced QED’s with Samajwadi Party in presence of Shivpal Yadav, the then state unit president of the party. However, the move was soon cancelled after a vehement opposition by Akhilesh Yadav. He later merged Quami Ekta Dal with BSP in 2017 and won from Mau Assembly seat as a BSP candidate.