On Monday, Muscleman Politician and Samajwadi Party MLA Ramakant Yadav was sent to jail after he surrendered before the MP-MLA Court of Azamgarh in 2 cases lodged against him in 1998 & 2016.

Ramakant's counsel Adya Shankar Dubey said, "The SP MLA surrendered before the MP-MLA court in a case lodged in 1998 on the charges of attempt to murder & disturbing public order by blocking road & one more case lodged in 2016. The court ordered to send him to the Azamgarh district jail under judicial custody."

Regarding the case lodged in 1998, Dubey said, "In 1998 parliamentary election, Ramakant had contested as SP candidate while Akbar Ahmed Dumpy was Bahujan Samaj Party candidate. In some electoral dispute, Dumpy had reached Ambari police outpost with his over 40 supporters & challenged Ramakant to prove his supremacy. Within a few minutes Ramakant & his supporters also reached there & an exchange of fire took place between the two groups."

Dubey said that "Nobody suffered injuries in this exchange of fire besides no empty shell had been recovered from the spot".

The MLA also surrendered in another case lodged against him

Dubey added, “Five persons including Ramakant were arrested from the spot in this connection after lodging of a case of attempt to murder, rioting & disturbing public orders in 1998.”

He added that “Later, Ramakant got the proceeding stayed in this case from Allahabad High Court. The period of the proceeding stay ended on Monday after which he surrendered before the court".

Dubey said that Ramakant also surrendered in another case lodged against him for disturbing public order by blocking road in 2016 when he & former MLA Shyam Bahadur Yadav had come face to face with their supporters. After remaining a member of the legislative assembly between 1985 & 1995, Ramakant had become MP for the first time on BSP ticket in 1996. The four-time MP kept shifting his loyalty to SP, BJP & Congress.

Following poor show on Congress ticket from Bhadohi seat in the 2019 LS poll, he returned to Samajwadi Party. He was also made an accused in Feb 2021 Ahiraula hooch tragedy in which 10 people had died. Dumpy had reached Lok Sabha after winning the 1998 general election & 2008 by-election.

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