These Politicians Contested Elections From Jail

21May,2024 Credit: Wikicommons

Amritpal Singh

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Arvind Kejriwal

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Engineer Rashid

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Varun Gandhi

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Akhil Gogoi

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Shahabuddin

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Mukhtar Ansari

[{"selector":"#anim-e29d6ee4-5645-4771-abd7-eae703cb2224","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-7c92163f-933e-4018-8b3c-22909e22ab64","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(0px, 189.57718%, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-7a923833-b369-4eaa-95ca-2dc522684dc0","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-c43ac83b-4389-4c08-941f-ce9abf05ef80","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(0px, 545.13828%, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-00d91c4d-6f59-4e30-b73c-81fdff793711","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-bb858db5-ea7e-4649-883e-d5677681b710","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(0px, 950.74047%, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-c1795572-3ef2-4723-a3ad-3bf657e50803","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-79a25ed8-dd08-426f-9794-3b9d55e70ec0","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(0px, -748.24954%, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] Politician Mukhtar Ansari contested the Mau Assembly seat in Uttar Pradesh on a BSP ticket in 1996 while he was in prison. The gangster also won. Credit: Wikicommons

Azam Khan

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