Behenji trying to 'muscles' her way to Delhi

Whatever you may call them- mafia don-turned-politicians or musclemen politicians or the loyalty shifters- but they are all set tomaterialise the dream of the Bahujan Samaj Party supremo and chief minister Mayawati to occupy the prime minister's office.

The BSP has already opened its cards for almost all the Parliamentary seats of East UP districts. But, to ensure the opening of its account on the Varanasi Parliamentary seat, BSP needed a trump card. And, so who better than mafia don-turned-MLA from Mau Mukhtar Ansari.
Mukhtar is not the lone candidate of BSP with the image of a muscleman politician, but his brother Afzal Ansari and Dhananjay Singh are also in the fray from Ghazipur and Jaunpur Parliamentary constituencies respectively, with similar image. However, the intentions of arch rival of Mukhtar and mafia don Brijesh Singh, presently lodged in the Central Jail here, to begin his political career by contesting LS polls on BSP ticket from Chandauli or Ghazipur seat was thwarted. But, those close to the don are confident that Brijesh has not abandoned the plans of contesting elections and his efforts to get the ticket of any political party are still on.

What was criteria of the BSP to select a candidate for the Parliamentary elections? Zonal coordinator and BSP MLA Tribhuvan Dutt made it very clear that Behenji (Mayawati) was the only person to take decisions in the party. "Doosari partiyon ki tarah thode hai BSP, jahan sab decision lenge (BSP is not like other political parties where everyone is taking decision)," Dutt, who was busy in campaigning for Bhadohi assembly by-election, informed TOI over phone. She (Mayawati) was well aware of the ground realities of all the seats, he said and claimed the candidates were being fielded by her on the basis of the same realities.

Though, the names of the BJP and Congress candidates from Varanasi seat were already clear, the political atmosphere turned volatile following the BSP announcement. Mukhtar is presently lodged in Ghazipur jail. His brother Afzal Ansari represented him on the dais on Sunday when UP minister Naseemuddin Siddiqui announced that Mukhtar would contest from Varanasi.

But would Mukhtar contest the election from jail? During his speech, Afzal maintained that the people of Varanasi would decide how the electioneering of Mukhtar would be managed.

It would be interesting to see how Mukhtar manages to come out of the jail to contest the election. At the time when his arch enemy Brijesh was not present, he used to come to the city in long motorcades, with a large army of armed youth escorting him. Now, Brijesh is also here and the morale of his well wishers is also high due to the bid of this don to ensure his entry in the political world. As a number of dons are enjoying the patronage of the ruling party, the men-in-khaki prefer to remain tight-lipped. A senior police official even refused to provide the crime record of dons like Mukhtar.
source:http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Varanasi