The claim
Sharad Pawar made Ajmal Kasab’s lawyer, Majeed Memon, a Rajya Sabha MP, while the BJP awarded Ujjwal Nikam, the prosecutor who secured Kasab’s death sentence, an MP ticket.
Original review summary
The review says Majeed Memon was not associated with Ajmal Kasab’s trial, though he served as an NCP Rajya Sabha MP from April 2014 to April 2020. It says Ujjwal Nikam was the public prosecutor in the Mumbai 26/11 terror attack trial and that the BJP allotted him the Mumbai North Central MP ticket.[S1]
Additional context
The review names other lawyers who represented Kasab, including Abbas Kazmi, K.P. Pawar, Amin Solkar, Farhana Shah, and Raju Ramachandran. [S1]
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Sources and attribution
- [S1] FACTLY original review
Original review · Retrieved October 17, 2026