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sibakatullah ansari and afzal ansari -lrb- brothers -rrb- abbas ansari indian quami ekta dal mla from mau 1996 -lsb- http://m.timesofindia.com/photo/34097585.cms -rsb- mukhtar ansari
 present mukhtar ansari bahujan samaj party -lrb- 1996 , 2007-2010 -rrb-
mukhtar ansari

mukhtar ansari is an indian gangster-turned-politician from uttar pradesh .
he has been elected as a member of the legislative assembly from the mau constituency a record four times .
he is the prime accused in the krishnanand rai murder case among other crimes , and has pleaded not guilty .
ansari fought his first assembly election as a candidate of the bahujan samaj party -lrb- bsp -rrb- , and the next two as an independent .
in 2007 , he joined bsp and unsuccessfully contested the 2009 lok sabha election .
after bsp expelled him in 2010 for criminal activities , he formed his own party quami ekta dal with his brothers .
he won from the mau seat in the uttar pradesh legislative assembly election , 2012 .
