Prayagraj, Aug. 21 -- The Allahabad High Court has overturned the conviction of gangster-turned politician Mukhtar Ansari's son, Abbas Ansari, Mau MLA, in a 2022 hate speech case and restored his Assembly membership.

On Wednesday, Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party MLA Abbas Ansari received major relief after the Allahabad High Court overturned the MP/MLA court's order of his conviction. He was disqualified from the Uttar Pradesh Assembly after his conviction in a hate speech case.

Speaking to ANI, his advocate Upendra Upadhyay said, "Abbas Ansari's membership of UP Vidhan Sabha was revoked, and he was sentenced to two years by the CJM court. In response, he filed an appeal in the Sessions Court, which granted him bail but did not stay the ...