राजकारणाचे गुन्हेगारीकरण – Criminalisation of Politics
अनुक्रमणिका
उत्तरप्रदेशचे राजकारण, अपना दल, समाजवादी पार्टी आणि अतिक अहमद, I-N-D-I-A & NDA alliance
I-N-D-I-A
1. All India Trinamool Congress (TMC)
2. Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK)
3. Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)
4. Janata Dal (United)
5. INC
6. RJD
7. JMM
8. NCP (Sharad Pawar)
9. Shiv Sena (UBT)
10. SP
11. Rashtriya Lok Dal
12. Apna Dal (Kamerawadi)
13. National conference (J&K)
14. PDP
15. CPI
16. CPI(M)
17. CPI(ML)
18. AIFB
19. RSP
20. MDMK
21. Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi (VCK)
22. Kongunadu Makkal Desia Katchi (KMDK)
23. Manithaneya Makkal Katchi (MMK)
24. IUML
25. Kerala Congress (M)
26. Kerala Congress (Joseph)
NDA
Apna Dal (Kamerawadi)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apna_Dal_(Kamerawadi)
is an Indian political party active in the state of Uttar Pradesh.
Apna Dal was founded on 4 November 1995 by Sone Lal Patel and Chaudhary Balihari Patel (Chaudhary Sahab). They had been a close associate of dalit leader Kanshi Ram, and along with Ram, he had been one of the founders of the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP). However, Kanshi Ram started giving great importance to his young female protégée, Mayawati, to the disappointment of many other party workers who had worked very hard to build the BSP. Mayawati’s arrogant attitude was also resented by them. Matters came to a head in 1995, when for the first time ever, the BSP got the chance to head a coalition government in Uttar Pradesh, and Kanshi Ram chose Mayawati to be the Chief Minister. The government headed by Mayawati was extremely short-lived (June to October 1995), but the internal pressure which had built up in the party during this time was enough to cause many people to leave the BSP and form a new political party.
That party was the Apna Dal, founded by Chaudhary Balihari Patel and Dr. Sone Lal Patel in November 1995, less than three weeks after the collapse of the Mayawati government. In contrast to the BSP, which had projected itself principally as the champion of the dalits, the new party sought to project itself as a party of all castes and religions. To symbolize this, the flag of Apna Dal has two colours, saffron, and blue. Saffron is the colour of Hinduism, while blue is increasingly regarded as the colour of the dalits and Ambedkarites. The Election Commission has officially assigned “cup and saucer” as the party symbol for Apna Dal, to be used while contesting elections.[1]
Apna Dal (Soneylal)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apna_Dal_(Soneylal)
Atiq Ahmed
Atiq Ahmed (10 August 1962 – 15 April 2023) was an Indian gangster and politician.[2][3][4] He served as a member of the Indian Parliament and the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly from the Samajwadi Party.[5][6][7] Ahmed had more than 160 criminal cases registered against him and competed in several elections from jail.[8][9] As of March 2023, the Uttar Pradesh Police had seized properties worth ₹11,684 crore (US$1.5 billion) belonging to Ahmed and his family.[10][11] In 2019, he was convicted of kidnapping a witness who testified against him regarding the 2005 murder of his political rival Raju Pal.[12] Ahmed remained in jail until his assassination by three gunmen on his way to a court-mandated medical checkup on 15 April 2023.[13][14][15][16]
Early and personal life
Atiq Ahmed was born in 1962 to a poor family. His father was a horse-cart driver in Allahabad.[17]
Ahmed was married to Shaista Praveen.[18] The couple had five sons.[19] Ahmed’s brother Khalid Azim alias Ashraf was also an ex-MLA from the Samajwadi Party.[20][21]
Political career
Entry into politics
Ahmed entered politics in 1989 when he won a MLA seat in Allahabad West as an independent candidate. He retained his seat in the 1991 and 1993 Uttar Pradesh assembly elections, and then won the seat in 1996 as a Samajwadi Party (SP) member.[22]
As a member of Lok Sabha
In 1999, he left the SP and became the president of Apna Dal (Kamerawadi), winning the Allahabad West seat in 2002. He rejoined the SP in 2003. In 2004, Ahmed was elected as the Lok Sabha Member of Parliament for Phulpur, after which he resigned from his MLA seat in Allahabad.[22][23]
In 2007, he was expelled from SP after he provided protection to men with allegations of rape in a Madrasa and the massive outcry caused by the event.[17]
In the 2009 Indian general elections, Atiq Ahmed was allowed to run for election, since he was yet to be convicted in any criminal case.[24] However, the Samajwadi Party expelled him in the year 2008 and Mayawati refused him a ticket under BSP.[25] Later, he contested elections as a candidate for the Apna Dal party in Pratapgarh, only to lose the election.[26]
Participation from prison
Ahmed contested the 2012 Uttar Pradesh elections under the Apna Dal banner for the Allahabad (West) constituency. He filed his nomination from jail.[27] He appealed for bail in the Allahabad High Court, but ten judges recused themselves from hearing his case.[8] The Economic Times and The Times of India reported that the judges’ refusals were due to Ahmed’s “terror”.[28][29] The eleventh judge released him on bail before the elections,[8][28] but the election was won by Raju Pal’s widow, Puja Pal.[30]
In 2014, he was taken back into the Samajwadi Party and fought the national elections for the Shrawasti constituency. He secured a quarter of the votes but lost by more than 85,000 votes to Daddan Mishra of the BJP.[31]
In 2019, Ahmed contested against Narendra Modi from Varanasi constituency as an independent candidate. But he secured only 833 votes.[32]
Electoral history
Ahmed has been elected as 5 times MLA and 1 time Lok Sabha MP.[33]
| # | From | To | Position | Party |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 1989 | 1991 | MLA (1st term) from Allahabad West | IND |
| 2. | 1991 | 1993 | MLA (2nd term) from Allahabad West | IND |
| 3. | 1993 | 1996 | MLA (3rd term) from Allahabad West | IND |
| 4. | 1996 | 2002 | MLA (4th term) from Allahabad West | SP |
| 5. | 2002 | 2004 | MLA (5th term) from Allahabad West | Apna Dal |
| 6. | 2004 | 2009 | MP (1st term) in 14th Lok Sabha from Phulpur | SP |
Criminal cases
Introduction to crime
Ahmed entered the world of crime by stealing coal from trains and selling it for profit. This later transformed into threatening contractors for obtaining government tenders for railway scrap metal. His first criminal record was in 1979, when he was accused of murder in Allahabad. He also became the first person to be booked under the Goonda Act in Uttar Pradesh.[17]
In his early days, Ahmed worked closely with other notorious members of the mafia in Allahabad namely Chand Baba. After the encounter of his biggest competitor Shaukat Ilahi in 1990, Ahmed became very powerful and became known for extortion, kidnapping, and murder.[17]
Raju Pal murder
In 2004, Ahmed vacated the Allahabad West MLA seat in order to serve as an MP from Phulpur as a member of SP. In his place, his younger brother Khalid Azim contested the by-elections and lost to a BSP candidate, Raju Pal. In 2005, Raju Pal was shot dead and Khalid Azim was able to win the next by-elections and obtain the MLA seat.[17]
Ahmed was named and arrested as the main accused in this case but later received bail.[34] Ahmed was able to hold his power in the underworld even from inside the prison.[17]
After Mayawati gained power as the Chief Minister in the state, she mounted pressure against him. He surrendered and was arrested in 2008.[17]
SHUATS assault case
On 14 December 2016, staff members of Sam Higginbottom University of Agriculture, Technology and Sciences were allegedly assaulted by Ahmed and his associates for taking action against two students who were barred from taking examinations after they were caught cheating. The video of Ahmed beating the SHUATS teacher and employees was widely circulated on the internet. Ahmed was arrested the following day.[35] On 10 February 2017, the Allahabad High Court summoned the criminal history of Ahmed and also directed the Superintendent of Police of Allahabad to arrest all the accused in the case. The police arrested Ahmed on 11 February after which he was remanded to 14-day judicial custody.[36]
Umesh Pal abduction and murder
In 2009 , Ahmed was convicted of the kidnapping of Umesh Pal, a key witness who testified against Ahmed in the Raju Pal murder case.[12] On 24 February 2023, Umesh Pal was killed during a shooting and bomb attack.[37] Ahmed was the main suspect accused in this murder case.[34][38][39][40] Ahmed’s brother Ashraf, son Asad, and associate Guddu Muslim, a bomb maker who allegedly threw the bomb at Umesh Pal and has been involved in previous violent crimes, were the co-accused.[41]
Ahmed was shifted from the Prayagraj Central Jail to the Sabarmati Jail in Ahmedabad in June 2019.[42]
Death
On 13 April 2023, Ahmed’s son, Asad, who was wanted in the Umesh Pal murder case, was killed in an encounter during action in Jhansi by the Uttar Pradesh Police’s Special Task Force (STF).[43][44]
On 15 April 2023, while being escorted for a court-mandated medical checkup in the presence of police in Allahabad, Ahmed was asked about his absence during his son’s last rites, to which he replied in Hindi, “I wasn’t taken, so I didn’t go.” Before Ahmed’s brother Ashraf could complete his statement “Main thing is that Guddu Muslim…”,[45] a pistol was fired at Atiq Ahmed’s head at point-blank range, resulting in his death. Ashraf Ahmed was also killed in the attack, which was captured and broadcast live on television. The brothers were surrounded by police personnel at the time of the shooting.[46][47] The three perpetrators had posed as media personnel and did not attempt to escape after committing the murder, instead surrendering while chanting the slogan “Jai Shri Ram“.[48] They were identified and arrested.[49] Reporting on the first information report from Uttar Pradesh Police, Times of India reported that “the accused told police they wanted to make a name for themselves and establish their identity in the state by eliminating Ahmed’s gang.”[50]
From Loksatta about Atiq Ahmed
उत्तर प्रदेशमधील कुख्यात माफिया आणि त्यानंतर राजकारणात आलेल्या अतिक अहमद आणि त्याचा भाऊ अशरफ अहमद यांची शनिवारी (१५ एप्रिल २०२३)गोळ्या झाडून हत्या करण्यात आली. पोलीस दोघांनाही वैद्यकीय तपासणीसाठी प्रयागराजमधील कॉल्विन वैद्यकीय महाविद्यालयात घेऊन जात होते. महाविद्यालयाच्या बाहेर गोळ्या झाडून दोघांची हत्या करण्यात आली. हल्लेखोर हे माध्यमांचे प्रतिनिधी बनून इतर पत्रकारांमध्ये मिसळून अतिकसमोर गेले. अतिक बोलत असताना तीन हल्लेखोरांनी अतिक आणि अशरफच्या डोक्यात गोळ्या झाडल्या. दोघेही जागीच ठार झाले.
या हत्याकांडापासून अतिक अहमद देशभर चर्चेत आहे. परंतु तो उत्तर प्रदेशात खूप लोकप्रिय होता. तो पाचवेळा आमदार आणि एकदा खसदार म्हणून निवडून आला होता. १९८९ ते २००२ पर्यंत तो चार वेळा अलाहाबाद पश्चिम मतदार संघातून अपक्ष आमदार म्हणून निवडून आला होता. २००२ मध्ये तो समाजवादी पार्टीच्या तिकीटावर या मतदार संघातून आमदार म्हणून निवडून आला. त्यानंतर त्याने सपाला रामराम करत स्वतःचा ‘अपना दल’ नावाचा नवा पक्ष स्थापन केला. २००४ मध्ये तो पुन्हा एकदा याच मतदार संघातून आमदार म्हणून निवडून आला. २००९ साली तो समाजवादी पार्टीच्या तिकीटावर फुलपूर मतदार संघातून खासदार म्हणून निवडून आला होता.
त्यानंतर तो २०१९ मध्ये थेट पंतप्रधान नरेंद्र मोदींचा मतदार संघ असलेल्या वाराणसीतून लोकसभेसाठी उभा राहिला. अतिकने नॅनी सेंट्रल जेलमध्ये असताना मोदींविरोधात निवडणुकीचा अर्ज दाखल केला होता. परंतु त्यावेळी अतिकला केवळ ८३३ मतं मिळाली होती. तर नरेंद्र मोदींना तब्बल ६,७४,६६४ मतं मिळाली होती. अतिक तेव्हा म्हणाला होता की, त्याला वाराणसीत लोकांकडून चांगला प्रतिसाद मिळेल.
निवडणूक लढण्यासाठी अतिकने त्यावेळी न्यायलयाकडे पॅरोलची मागणी केली होती. परंतु ती मागणी न्यायालयाने फेटाळली होती. अतिक प्रचारासाठी तुरुंगातून बाहेर पडू शकला नाही. तरीदेखील त्याला ८३३ मतं मिळाली होती.
See also
- Criminalization of politics
- Vohra Report on criminalisation of politics in India
- Mafia Raj
- Rent-seeking
- Mukhtar Ansari
- Vikas Dubey
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