SP MP Afzal Ansari speaks in the Lok Sabha during the budget session in New Delhi. Photo: Sansad TV via ANI
Lok Sabha MP Afzal Ansari on Thursday (March 26, 2026) said he is facing a threat to his life as criminals in eastern Uttar Pradesh are planning to harm him for speaking the truth and standing up for the downtrodden, marginalized people. “Recently I wrote to Prime Minister and Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla because criminals are planning to harm me. They are the same people who want to silence every voice in eastern UP standing for justice and marginalized people facing injustice,” Mr. Ansari told The Hindu.
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Mr. Ansari said selective targeting of individuals is happening through films and individuals facing many cases are being sponsored by the Uttar Pradesh government. “Like Brajesh Singh, a former MLC still living in Uttar Pradesh and in the 1990s who allegedly had links with Dawood Ibrahim, a known Pakistani agent, but no film is made about them (Brajesh Singh) because such individuals are sponsored goons of the ruling party.”
“Films are associated with individuals and characterize them as having links with anti-India elements. We don’t know the reality. But it is a known fact that criminals facing dozens of cases like Brijesh Singh, Tribhuvan Singh, who are inter-state gangsters, were once accused in the JJ Hospital Mumbai shootout case, were later acquitted for lack of evidence.”
“It is a known fact that the prosecution alleges that the shootout took place at the behest of fugitive Dawood Ibrahim Kaskar to avenge the killing of his brother-in-law Ismail Parkar, for which he blamed members of the Arun Gawli gang. Subhash Thakur was the prime accused in planning and carrying out the shootout at JJ Hospital, subsequently sentenced to death in the Thaculmin trial. commuted to life imprisonment on appeal. Everyone knows who he is associated with By Subhas Thakur, he is Brajesh Singh, once accused in the shootout,” the MP said.
The Lok Sabha MP added, “No one is making films on them because they are sponsored by the BJP. The reality is that people like Brajesh Singh, Subhas Thakur are sponsored goons from the ruling party,” Mr Ansari said.
Published – 27 March 2026 03:21 IST
