Asaduddin Owaisi claims Mukhtar Ansari was poisoned by BJP, calls him ‘martyr’

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Asaduddin Owaisi claims Mukhtar Ansari was poisoned by BJP, calls him ‘martyr’

Asaduddin Owaisi, head of the All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) referred to the late mafia-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari as "a martyr." Last month, Ansari passed away in Uttar Pradesh's Banda prison after cardiac arrest. Owaisi was addressing a rally in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, when he said that Ansari was poisoned when the BJP government led by Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath was expected to protect the politician.