The Uttar Pradesh Assembly on Monday condoled the deaths of gangster brothers Atiq Ahmed and Khalid Azim Ashraf, among other former legislators, who died since the last sitting of the House, reported PTI. Speaker Satish Mahana read out the condolence message at the beginning of the UP assembly's Monsoon session. Notably, the brothers were shot dead in April by three assailants when they were being escorted by police to a medical college in Prayagraj. The brothers were handcuffed when they were killed in full view of camera crews around 10 pm
According to PTI, Atiq Ahmed was elected to the assembly as an Independent candidate in 1989, 1991, 1993. Then, he won the elections on a Samajwadi Party ticket in 1996.
In 2002, Atiq returned to the House on an Apna Dal ticket, PTI stated. The slain gangster then went on to become an MP in 2004. His brother Ashraf won the state polls for the first time in 2005 from Allahabad West on a Samajwadi Party ticket.
The assembly also condoled the deaths of former members Sattar Ahmed Ansari, Amar Singh, Prem Prakash Singh, Ranjit Singh, Sujan Singh Bundela, Sharda Prasad Shukla, Harishankar Tiwari, Avnish Kumar Singh, Haridwar Dubey and Abrar Ahmed. The members also observed two minutes' silence to condole the former lawmakers' deaths.
In July this year, the Lok Sabha had paid tribute to gangster-turned-politician Atiq Ahmed on the first day of the Monsoon Session. The Lower House paid tributes to two sitting members and 11 former MPs, including former Punjab chief minister Parkash Singh Badal.
Atiq Ahmed was among the former parliamentarians who were mentioned in the Lok Sabha Obituary. LS Speaker Om Birla paid tributes to sitting MPs Rattan Lal Kataria and Balubhau alias Suresh Narayan Dhanorkar.
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