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Apparently the congi candiate is taking support of a guy who murdered his brother
. Makes me sick to the corehttp://www.firstpost.com/politics/v...used-ansari-1502181.html?utm_source=hp-footer
Indian politics is indeed witnessing strange times. And we're not talking about the 'Modi wave' BJP has been talking about. In a dramatic twist, now Congress' Varanasi candidate Ajay Rai is set to get support from Mukhtar Ansari's Qaumi Ekta Mach. According to reports, Ansari, who was initially being linked to Arvind Kejriwal in Varanasi, has declared support for the Congress candidate. While such change in political winds is not unheard of in India, here's the twist in the Rai-Ansari case: Ansari is accused of masterminding the murder of Awadesh Rai, Ajay Rai's brother. Hindustan Times reports that Ansari decided to step away from the poll race to make sure anti-Modi votes are not cute and Muslim votes for the Congress are not divided.
"Rai and Mukhtar have been locked in a bitter turf battle in Purvanchal that stemmed from the 1991 daylight murder of Awadesh Rai. The trial, that names the QED leader and four others, is still pending in a local court. Since the murder, Rai joined hands with the anti-Mukhtar lobby in eastern Uttar Pradesh, including former BJP legislator Krishnanand Rai. That rivalry too was one of the fiercest, peaking with Mukhtar’s camp allegedly managing to gun down Krishnanand Rai and and seven of his supporters." NDTV reports that Ansari's decision to bow out of the race will provide Congress a much needed fillip in Varanasi, where the battle has become a two-way one with Arvind Kejriwal up against Narendra Modi. "The Qaumi Ekta Manch's decision is certain to come as a shot in the arm for the Congress nominee as Ansari commands a lot of following among the Muslims in the region. In the 2009 Lok Sabha polls, he had polled 1.85 lakh votes, and was only marginally behind Dr Joshi, who secured 2.03 lakh votes. Rai had managed to garner 1.23 lakh votes," the report says. There might be reason for both Kejriwal and Modi to worry, since in 2009, Ansari came second after BJP's Murli Manohar Joshi who won by just a few thousand votes. Muslims in Varanasi are believed to have voted for Ansari in large numbers.
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