LUCKNOW: If politics is his profession, fumbling has always been his passion.
While the six-time MP has rarely recalled in politics, despite dealing with more than 30 criminal cases at one point of time, consisting of one under the draconian Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act (TADA), its battling that has required him to take 2 actions backwards.Accused of sexual harassment by a group of Olympians and global wrestlers, Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) president Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh has been asked to stay away from the affairs of the federation for four weeks, till an Indian Olympic Association (IOA) panel probes and submits its report about allegations against him.Singh, who loves relocating choppers and lords over scores of educational institutions in Gonda and surrounding areas, has had a fair share of debates in his political profession of three decades.
He needs to be an unusual political leader who had actually shared area in the CBI files with worldwide terrorist Dawood Ibrahim on one hand and saffron leaders like LK Advani, MM Joshi and Kalyan Singh on the other.
As per the CBI records, Singh supposedly harboured shooters of Dawood who had actually gunned down 3 individuals at Mumbais JJ Hospital in September 1992.
3 months later, he was accused of conspiracy behind the demolition of Babri Masjid in Ayodhya.
He was one of the 49 implicated booked by the CBI for conspiracy.He was eventually exonerated in both the cases.
As per his most current affidavit submitted prior to the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, he deals with simply four criminal cases.Born in 1957, at Bisnoharpur town in the family of local Congress leaders, Singh has cultivated his image of a Bahubali in Gonda and surrounding districts.
His village in Nawabganj block was close to Ayodhya and he studied at Saket Degree College there.
That is where he first entered active politics by winning the post of students union basic secretary.Tasting political success, Singh started contending for government contract work in the region.
Nevertheless, this pitted him against the local royalty-- Raja Anand Singh, who was the Congress MP from Gonda then.
Despite guidance from his well-wishers, he chose to try his luck in the sugarcane corporation elections.It is stated that, the then district police chief called and asked him to withdraw his candidature.
When Singh showed hesitation and the authorities superintendent raised his voice, a bold Singh took out his pistol pointing at him.
Telling this occurrence himself in a recent interview, Singh said: Thereafter, I left on a two-wheeler from the SP workplace.
In another recent interview, he had even claimed to have killed one person who had shot dead his buddy, Ravindra Singh, the brother of Pandit Singh, with whom he had a running fight till the latter passed away in 2021.
Pandit Singh had lodged an murder effort case versus Brij Bhushan.
I pushed the male, who shot Ravindra and shot him dead, the Kaiserganj MP confessed in the interview.
None of his claims might be independently verified.Bajrang Punia to Vinesh Phogat - Why are India's medal-winning wrestlers protesting on the streets of Delhi?His journey as an MP started in 1991 when BJP fielded him versus Anand Singh in Gonda for his active function in Ram Janmabhoomi movement.
In 1996, he was in Tihar prison for apparently helping Dawoods henchmen, thus the celebration fielded his better half Ketaki, who also defeated Anand Singh by 80,000 votes.He won from Gonda in 1999 however before 2004 polls encountered a disagreement with senior RSS functionary Nanaji Deshmukh over renaming of Gonda as Jayaprkash Nagar.
While the then CM Mayawati revealed the relabeling at an occasion hosted by Deshmukh, Brij Bhushan launched a vehement protest against the relocation.
The demonstration required Mayawati to withdraw the choice, but Singh was moved to Balrampur to object to the LS poll.However, regional BJP MLA Ghanshyam Shukla, who changed him as the party prospect in Gonda, was eliminated in a road accident on the day of polling.
Local BJP leaders declared it was a murder and Brij Bhushan Sharan was accused of the crime.
He claimed that the then PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee had called him up and stated: You got him killed.
His relations with the BJP began intensifying after this and he joined Samajwadi Party prior to 2009 LS polls.
The SP fielded him from Kaiserganj and he won for the fourth time.
Nevertheless, months before 2014 LS elections, he again switched over to BJP and won the Kaiserganj seat in next 2 polls.Watch: Why this old video of BJP MP and President of Wrestling Federation Brij Bhushan Sharan going viral againWith the increase in his political stature, his enthusiasm for wrestling continued growing and apart from participating in bouts, he likewise started arranging huge events.
Soon, he joined the UP Wrestling Federation and went on to become its president.
He then moved to the nationwide body and took control of as the WFI chief in 2011.
He has actually been elected to the post thrice since then.
He has actually cultivated Gonda as a wrestling centre by opening a modern-day academy.He presented his member of the family in both politics and wrestling administration.
His more youthful child Karan Bhushan Singh is now the vice-president of the WFI.
Likewise, his one son-in-law is an office-bearer in the Bihar Wrestling Federation.
His youngest boy Prateek is a two-time MLA from Gonda while wife Ketaki Singh is the Gonda Zila Panchayat president.Of late, he has been in news for numerous reasons and he was having his way while opposing MNS chief Raj Thackerays see to Ayodhya, targeting Baba Ramdevs Patanjalis products or slapping a wrestler throughout an event in Ranchi.
This time the strongman from Nawabganj has actually been captured off-guard by the swift move of his own fraternity.