Why was Mukhtar Ansari's brother Afzal happy and what did he ask God for?
Polling started at 7 am in Ghazipur Lok Sabha constituency. Voting will be held till 6 pm. Afzal Ansari, Ghazipur MP and All India candidate for Ghazipur Lok Sabha voted. Here 29 lakh 27 thousand 678 voters cast their M.P. 10 candidates are in the fray. The contest is between sitting MP and Samajwadi Party candidate Afzal Ansari and BJP's Paras Nath Roy contesting from the Ghazipur constituency. Afzal Ansari is Ghazipur Lok Sabha candidate but his vote was registered at Ansari Inter College in Ballia Lok Sabha Constituency, Mohammadabad Assembly Constituency. He looked very happy after voting. Speaking to reporters, he questioned the Election Commission about the rising temperatures and prayed to God for the weather to cool down soon. #WATCH | Afzal Ansari says, “…wait till June 4, Indian alliance forms government. Mafia Mukhtar Ansari's brother Afzal Ansari reached the polling station early today to become the first voter. But before the time started, his elder brother and former MLA Sivakatullah Ansari voted. Afzal Ansari's Nusrat Ansari also participated in the grand festival of democracy and said that every voter should be happy in the world's largest democracy. He said that there are 10 candidates in the Gazipur Lok Sabha There is a three-way contest between candidate Afzal Ansari, Bahujan Samaj Party candidate Umesh Kumar Singh and BJP candidate Paras Nath Rai.Bahujan Samaj Party candidate Afzal Ansari won this seat after defeating BJP's Manoj Sinha in last year's 2019 elections. This time Afzal Ansari is contesting as a Samajwadi Party candidate from the Indian Alliance.