Lukhnow, June 2 -- Abbas Ansari, the Mau Sadar MLA and son of, has been disqualified from the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly after the announcement of his conviction in a 2022 hate speech case by a local court.

The court of chief judicial magistrate (MP-MLA), Mau, Dr KP Singh, on Saturday sentenced Abbas Ansari to two years' imprisonment and fine of Rs. 3000 in a case of violation of election code of conduct and hate speech during the Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls in 2022 in a rally in Mau district.

The Special MP/MLA court had convicted and sentenced Ansari to imprisonment of two years each under IPC sections 189 and 153-A, one year under section 506 and six months imprisonment under section 171-F. The court ordered that all the sen...