Yashpal Suvarna, the face of the anti-hijab campaign that started from a government college in Udupi, has been rewarded with a ticket and Goolihatty D. Shekar has been left out
Atiq is an accused in the BSP MLA Raju Pal 2005 murder case and the recent Umesh Pal murder case. Umesh Pal, who was a prime witness in the Raju Pal murder case, was shot dead in broad daylight in Prayagraj on February 24 this year.
A Prayagraj MP-MLA court, which today held the five-time MLA guilty and two others in the abduction case, however, acquitted seven others including the mafia turned politician's brother Ashraf.