Bahujan Samaj Party MP from Ghosi Atul Rai surrenders before the court and is sent to jail after his guarantor withdraws support in a 2011 Gangsters Act case. Rai has a history of over 21 criminal cases.
Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati denied the ticket to sitting Member of Parliament from Ghosi Atul Rai and instead gave it to Balkrishna Chauhan, former MP who left Congress and joined BSP only five days ago.
Sources said that Chauhan was declared the candidate from Ghosi by BSP. The
Varanasi: Special judge (MP-MLA) Avanish Gautam, on Thursday, acquitted jailed Bahujan Samaj Party MP from Ghosi Atul Rai and three others in a 2009 G.