A BJP MP popularly known as Gundom Ka Gunda, Baahubali and Mafia King. He used to have the job of dipping votive coins in temple pools. Later, he became employed in bike theft and liquor trade. An MP from Uttar Pradesh who calls himself ‘Shaktisali’, a wrestler named Brij Bhushan Singh, the muscle power and money power of the BJP.
“I have committed a murder a long time ago. No one else knew about this until Brijbhushan himself opened up in an interview to an online channel in 2022. He has not been charged or tried for this till date. Now, despite seven female wrestlers and another minor having filed sexual accusation complaints, Brijbhushan Singh is still in the capital as the president of the wrestling federation without any excuse. Let’s check out the infamous story of Brijbhushan Singh who has reached from Goda to Parliament and beat the movie story.
Political debut
Full name is Brij Bhushan Sharon Singh. Born on 8th January 1957 to Jagadamba Sharan Singh and Smt. Faizabad Dr. R.ML Graduated in Law from Awadh Ambedkar University. Brij Bhushan made his political debut in the late 1980s through the Ram Janmabhoomi movement. Following this, Brijbhushan Singh joined the BJP in the late 1990s. In 1991, he contested for the first time from the Gonda constituency in Uttar Pradesh on a BJP ticket and won. He never looked back. He won all the elections with huge majority.
He was elected MP six times. In 1996, when Brij Bhushan was in jail, his wife Ketaki Devi Singh contested and won. Then in 1999, he was elected to the 13th Lok Sabha from the same constituency. He contested from Gonda Lok Sabha constituency in 1991 and 1999 and was transferred to Balrampur by BJP in 2004 Lok Sabha elections. Instead, the seat was given to Khanshyam Shukla in Gonda. But Shukla was killed on election day. Although Brijbhushan won and became MP again from Balrampur constituency, there was talk of Shukla’s death as murder.
In July 2008, the BJP expelled Brij Bhushan Singh after he voted in favor of the UPA in a crucial no-confidence motion. But the Samajwadi Party gave him the seat. So in 2009, Brij Bhushan Singh was re-elected as MP from Kaisarganj constituency. With months to go for the next election, he again returned to the BJP and rejoined the BJP in 2014, repeating his victory in 2014 and 2019 in Kaiserganj.
In 1991, he contested for the first time on a BJP ticket from Gonda constituency in Uttar Pradesh and won. He never looked back. Elected as MP six times.
Accused in 38 criminal cases
Brij Bhushan was never new to any case. Brij Bhushan, a mafia king, is accused in 38 criminal cases including murder, attempted murder, attempted torture, bike theft, liquor smuggling and shooting. These cases are in Ayodhya, Faizabad and Delhi. Brij Bhushan was one of the prime accused in the case of conspiracy to demolish Babri Masjid along with LK Adhwani, Murali Manohar Joshi, Uma Bharati, Kalyan Singh and others. The Supreme Court gave a clean chit to him who was arrested by the CBI. In 1990, Brij Bhushan was arrested for providing shelter to gang leader Dawood Ibrahim’s accomplices. He was lodged in Tihar Jail under the Prevention of Terrorism Act. But the court later acquitted him due to lack of evidence.
In 1993, a case was registered against Brij Bhushan on the complaint that he tried to kill Pandit Singh, a friend, Samajwadi Party leader and minister Vinod K Singh. Before joining politics, they used to steal bikes, sell liquor and use small boys to collect coins from temple ponds. Reports said that later they became big contractors and there was a constant dispute over money and this dispute led to the shooting.
Pandit Singh said in a later interview that 20 bullets were taken out of his body. He spent 14 months in the hospital. A case was filed against Brijbhushan on charges of attempt to murder, illegal possession of weapons and conspiracy to commit a crime. But the Gonda local court acquitted him last December saying that there was no evidence in this case either.
Pandit Singh’s brother Ravinder Singh was a close friend of Brij Bhushan. Both the contractors worked together. One day when both of them were going to a panchayat meeting together, a bullet fired by one in the air fell on Ravinder Singh’s body. Enraged by this, Brij Bhushan grabbed a gun and shot the shooter. He died instantly- Brij Bhushan himself tells the outside world about this murder in an interview given to the online portal ‘Lallantop’. In the affidavit submitted for the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, Brijbhushan Singh has been accused only in four criminal cases including attempted murder.
Brij Bhushan, the leader of the ‘Gunda Federation’
Brijbhushan, who has ruled the National Wrestling Federation for more than ten years since 2011, is also BJP’s trump card. He is always addicted to wrestling. Wherever there is a wrestling match, he goes there. Brij Bhushan, who arrives with a luxury party and around thirty entourage, is the star there. Matches will be postponed for as long as it takes for him to come. What he says is the law. He can start and stop the program whenever he likes. Then the match continues as if nothing had happened. Brij Bhushan has a history of embarrassing contestants, organizers and even the audience. No one will ask. No one will complain. If he complains, his future will be in the balance. This has been seen in major wrestling matches in India for quite some time now.
Brijbhushan is also a person who organizes events with his own money. If he is not able to participate in a tournament in person, Brijbhushan also has a method of controlling the match via the Internet from his home by placing cameras everywhere in the venue. Although there were referees, it was Brijbhushan who controlled the game. He always has the last word in the competition.
Brij Bhushan runs more than 50 educational institutions in Bahraikh, Gonda, Balrampur, Ayodhya and Sravasti districts. This is the basis of his influence in the Gonda region. Those who come to wrestle are strong boys and girls. They need someone strong to control them. Is there anyone here who is stronger than me? This was how Brijbhushan publicly defended his position as the head of the wrestling federation.
In 2021, Brijbhushan Singh punched a wrestler in the face in Ranchi while everyone was watching. The incident became very controversial after its footage came out. The demand for an apology was strong, but it was rejected with contempt. ‘I only touched a little… I didn’t hit hard. If he had hit like that, he would have gone far and fallen by now’ was Brijbhushan’s arrogant reply.
‘You were never a good father’ – son’s note before he died
Brij Bhushan, who shows his strength in politics and wrestling, but there is a small mistake in his family. It was the suicide of his son Shakti Singh. In 2004, Shaktisingh shot himself dead using Brij Bhushan’s gun. ‘You are never a good father. You haven’t looked at our stuff even once. Your own business is also important to you. Another person is growing under me. Our way forward is closed. It doesn’t matter if you’re alive anymore. Better to die’. These were the lines of Brij Bhushan’s son’s suicide note. Although the incident was highly debated, it did not affect Brijbhushan’s wrestling or political career in any way.
Sexual accusations against female actors
Mafia boss, Aruma of BJP; Brij Bhushan, the leader of the ‘Gunda Federation’, came forward in January 2023 by raising sexual allegations against Brij Bhushan. The complaints were that the wrestling federation was mentally harassing and that Brij Bhushan and his coaches were sexually exploiting the women players. The complaint was filed by seven female players and one minor player. Around thirty wrestlers including Sakshi Malik, Sangeeta Phogat, Jitender Kinha protested at Jantar Mantar that day. The players had said at that time that he has been harassing him for years and such a person is not fit to be the president of the federation.
Later, on January 20, in a discussion with Union Sports Minister Anurag Thakur, the players ended their strike on the basis of an assurance that Brij Bhushan would be removed from the post of president of the wrestling federation. But after the Center was not ready to keep its promise, the players started again at Jantarmandar.
Brij Bhushan says that the allegations against him are politically motivated. Brij Bhushan’s question was that if there were such allegations, would the complaint be filed now even after ten years? Brij Bhushan said that the strike is being sponsored by the Congress and he is ready to be hanged if the allegations are proved. He said that if he opens his mouth, there will be a tsunami and compared the struggle of wrestlers to the Shahinbagh struggle during the citizenship struggle. Delhi Police even took a case against Brijbhushan following the intervention of the Supreme Court after massive protests.
Labeled as a radical Hindu activist. The man, who served jail time in the Sangh Parivar involvement in Ayodhya, built his own mafia empire in at least six districts of Uttar Pradesh. Even BJP can’t mess with such a person. That means he doesn’t need the party to win, as a BJP leader in Gonda said. It’s like saying that he succeeds on his own influence
2023-05-02 07:37:05
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