Abbas Ansari

Abbas Ansari (born 12 February 1992) is a jailed MLA of Mau Assembly constituency. Abbas Ansari won the 2022 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election from Mau representing Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party.

Background
He is the elder son of Indian gangster turned politician Mukhtar Ansari. His mother Afsha Ansari is a lady don, who is wanted in several criminal cases and is currently on the run.

Ansari is the great-grandson of Dr. Mukhtar Ahmed Ansari - a political leader and former president of the Indian National Congress and the Muslim League during the Indian Independence Movement. One of the founders of the Jamia Millia Islamia University, he remained its Chancellor from 1928 to 1936.

His uncles, Afzal Ansari and Sibgatullah Ansari, have been very active in Indian politics and have held various positions in the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly.

Political career
Abbas is the current MLA of Mau Assembly constituency.

Other representations
Ansari has also represented India at international level as a sport shooter in shotgun shooting.

Controversies
He was arrested in November 2022 by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in connection with money laundering. He has been held without bail as of 2024. During his incarceration, Abbas met his wife, Nikhat Ansari, illegally within the prison premises and ran his business from jail through his wife's phones. He was subsequently transferred from Chitrakoot prison to Kasganj district jail.