Afzal Ansari

His grandfather Mukhtar Ahmed Ansari served as the president (1926–1927) of the All-India Muslim League, as well as the Indian National Congress (INC), and was one of the founders of the Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi.

Former Vice President of India Mohammad Hamid Ansari is Afzal Ansari's cousin.

Afzal Ansari (born 14 August 1953) is an Indian politician of the Bahujan Samaj Party and currently an incumbent Member of Parliament (MP) of India for Ghazipur constituency, Uttar Pradesh.

He contested Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election in 1985 for the first time and defeated Abhay Narayan Rai from Indian National Congress with a margin of 3,064 votes.

From 1985 to 2002, Ansari served five terms as Member of the Legislative Assembly for Mohammadabad Assembly constituency.

Afzal Ansari is married to Farhat Ansari since 26 October 1991 and the couple have 3 daughters.

Ansari's elder brother Sibgatullah Ansari and his younger brother UP's most dreaded mafia don, 6 times convicted till date gangster and crime master Mukhtar Ansari both were involved in politics and using their influence became MLA.

Ansari started his political career with the Communist Party of India.

He won the 2004 and 2019 Indian general election.

According to his election filing he has 191 crores as assets.

Afzal Ansari was born in Yusufpur–Mohammadabad town in Ghazipur district, Uttar Pradesh to Subhanullah Ansari and Begum Rabia.

He received his school education.

For higher studies, he enrolled in the local post-graduate college and completed Post Graduation from the University of Gorakhpur.

Afzal Ansari's father Subhanullah Ansari was the chairman of Nagar Palika Parishad, Mohammadabad, and was elected unopposed.

Afzal Ansari contested the 2004 Lok Sabha general election on the Samajwadi Party ticket and defeated Manoj Sinha of the Bharatiya Janata Party with a margin of 226,777 votes.

He contested the 2009 general election on the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) ticket for Ghazipur but lost to the Samajwadi Party's Radhe Mohan Singh.

After some political differences, Ansari left the Bahujan Samaj Party and founded a new political party called Quami Ekta Dal and served as its Secretary-General before merging it with Bahujan Samaj Party.

Ansari rejoined the BSP in 2019 and contested the general election in Ghazipur; he won the seat, becoming the 17th Lok Sabha member from Ghazipur.

On 1 May 2023, Ansari was disqualified as a Member of Parliament following being given a 4 year jail sentence.

His suspension was revoked on 15 December 2023 by the Supreme Court of India.

Afzal Ansari has been elected 5 times as MLA and 2 times as Lok Sabha MP.