Zakir Hussain alias ‘Vicky’, a close aide of deceased mafia-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari has joined the Muslim Rashtriya Manch, an affiliate organisation of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) in presence of National convenor of Muslim Rashtriya Manch Thakur Raja Raees.
Ghazipur: In a significant development, Zakir Hussain alias ‘Vicky’, close aide of deceased mafia-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari has joined the Muslim Rashtriya Manch, an affiliate organisation of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) in Uttar Pradesh’s Ghazipur.
Vicky entered into the RSS fold after National convenor of Muslim Rashtriya Manch Thakur Raja Raees reached his house in Kotwali area of Ghazipure, where a large number of people from the minority community welcomed him with flower garlands. Vicky was named as the co-convenor of Purvanchal by its national convenor Thakur Raja Raees on the occasion.
Speaking to the media on the occasion, Thakur Raja Raees said that they “want to raise those Muslims who will work for the nation and join the mainstream of the country”.
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