On his private web site, Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh says he held the Ram Janmabhoomi motion “shoulder to shoulder” with LK Advani. Singh claims he shared a “very close bond” with well-known wrestlers of yesteryears akin to Janardhan Singh, Ram Aasre, Ramachandra and Ganga Prasad. That might clarify why he is the President of the Wrestling Federation of India for the final 12 years, getting his third time period in 2019.

He owns and manages over 50 training establishments in Uttar Pradesh. Singh additionally has a substantial political clout, being an MP from Uttar Pradesh for 3 a long time.

He did strive his luck with the Samajwadi Party for some time earlier than returning to the BJP fold earlier than the 2014 elections. He gained in 2019 with an enormous margin as effectively. But now the damning allegations by India’s prime wrestlers and Olympians towards him might lastly be the nemesis of Singh, who, to date, has had an iron grip on politics in addition to the wrestling federation. “The party has zero tolerance in such matters…strong action will be taken on the complaints,” a senior BJP chief instructed News18.

According to sources, Singh is more likely to resign from his publish on the subsequent federation assembly on January 22.

“The efforts of Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh have made Kushti Nation’s Popular Game,” says his web site, citing his encouragement to gamers like Sakshi Malik and Yogeshwar Dutt and the increase he gave to ladies wrestling. Only the nation’s wrestlers don’t agree anymore and have chosen to take a seat on a dharna at Jantar Mantar demanding his removing.

Singh is the son of the late freedom fighter Chandrabhan Sharan Singh who was additionally an MLA. On his web site, Singh says a “fake case” was registered towards him on the age of 16 in 1974 when his house was demolished attributable to household rivalry however he was booked for tried homicide. “This affected him deeply and a feeling of social service rose in his heart,” his web site says.

It provides that in his scholar days, he as soon as “saved the respect of girls” who have been being eve-teased and later gained the scholars’ union election in 1979. Ironically, severe allegations of sexual harassment have now been made towards Singh by prime wrestlers of India.

Singh says he got here into politics as Gonda wanted a Hindu chief however he misplaced his first election by 14 votes. He then immersed himself within the Ram Janmabhoomi motion and spent a month in jail after LK Advani was arrested. “When Advani came out of jail and started his journey to Ayodhya, Brij Bhushan stood with Aadvani like a charioteer,” the web site says.

In 1991, he went forward to win his first election. Soon after, he was booked underneath TADA however the BJP gave a ticket to his spouse who gained the election. In 1999, he bought the BJP ticket from Balrampur, the realm of Atal Bihari Vajpayee.

He took on Mayawati when she was the CM and altered the title of Gonda to “Loknayak Jaiprakash Narayan Nagar” and compelled her to make the choice. But in 2009, he fell out with the BJP and joined the Samajwadi Party to once more win the Kaiserganj seat. But he couldn’t final there and returned to the BJP earlier than 2014 elections to win the subsequent two elections.

Singh’s photographs of getting aggressive and hurling abuses are dominating headlines of late because the nation’s prime wrestlers have come out towards him and lodged severe expenses towards him demanding his removing.

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