"The boycott and linking it to the respect of a tribal woman (President Murmu) is completely unfair," the BSP chief said. Mayawati has, however, said she will not attend the ceremony due to pre-scheduled engagements.
The crime empire of mafia-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari has crumbled in the last few years but there was a time when he was one of the most dreaded names in the world of crime in Uttar Pradesh
Brahm Dutt Dwivedi who saved Mayawati from SP goons was killed on 10th February 1997. Gangster Sanjeev Maheshwari and ex-MLA of SP Vijay Singh were accused in this case.