How many times has Brijbhushan Sharan Singh been elected as MP?
Baahubali icon Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh has been elected to the Lok Sabha six times so far, out of which he has won five times on a BJP ticket and once on a SP ticket. He has won Lok Sabha elections twice from Gonda, three times from Kaisarganj and once from Balrampur (now Sravasti) where BJP founder and former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee started his parliamentary career.
Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh’s wife Ketki Singh has also been an MP from Gonda, while his elder son Prateek Bhushan Singh is a BJP MLA from Gonda, while his younger son Karan Bhushan Singh is contesting his first election.
How many districts is it in? The impact of Brijbhushan Sharan Singh?
Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, known as a domineering Rajput leader, runs a large number of educational institutions. Apart from their home district of Gonda, these institutions are spread across Bahraich, Balrampur, Ayodhya and Sravasti districts. So their influence is also very much in these districts. The parliamentary constituency from which he won the election consists of three districts: Gonda, Bahraich and Balrampur. Apart from this Brijbhushan Sharan Singh’s influence extended to Sravasti, Ayodhya, Basti, Ambedkarnagar, Sultanpur and Gorakhpur in Purvanchal.
Brijbhushan Sharan Singh was also a prominent face in the movement to build the Ram temple in Ayodhya. Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh was among the 40 people arrested by the CBI along with Lal Krishna Advani and Murali Manohar Joshi after the Babri Masjid demolition on December 6, 1992. Brijbhushan Sharan Singh is also known among the sages of Ayodhya due to his involvement in the Ram temple movement. This came to light when many sages of Ayodhya came forward in support of women wrestlers after their allegations.
Brijbhushan Sharan Singh’s image in his area is not only that of a muscleman, but also that of a popular leader. He is getting support from people of every caste and religion. Despite being in the BJP, a large number of Muslims are supporters of Brijbhushan Sharan Singh and the problems of everyone who come to the Janata Darbar held daily at his house are heard and resolved.
What was BJP afraid of?
Brijbhushan Sharan Singh is also very popular among Rajputs. This time BJP has canceled the ticket of former Army Chief General VK Singh from Ghaziabad. Saddened by Purushottam Rupala’s statement from Gujarat, Rajputs are further saddened by the cancellation of VK Singh’s ticket. Given this, the BJP found a middle ground and instead gave the ticket to Brijbhushan Sharan Singh’s son. This decision of BJP is seen as the dominance of Brijbhushan Sharan Singh, if BJP had not cut the ticket of Brijbhushan Sharan Singh or fielded his son as candidate, its troubles would have increased in about 10 districts of Purvanchal apart from Kaisarganj. . This also explains why the SP did not announce its candidate for Kaisarganj until the BJP did. If BJP does not give ticket to Brijbhushan Sharan Singh, SP is ready to field him as candidate.
Ever since the announcement of his son’s candidature, Brijbhushan Sharan Singh has kept himself away from the limelight, even when Karan Bhushan Singh went to register his candidacy on 3 May, Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh was not with him. On the day of nomination, Brijbhushan Sharan Singh organized a rally to show strength. In which Deputy Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh Keshav Prasad Maurya participated. Before the announcement of his son’s candidature, Brij Bhushan Singh was holding rallies continuously. But now he has stopped holding rallies. Now he is running his son’s election campaign behind the scenes.
Election campaign of Brijbhushan Sharan Singh’s son
Karan’s elder brother Prateek Bhushan Singh is also working day and night for his younger brother. Karan Bhushan Singh is seen seeking votes in his father’s name during his election campaign.
Kaiserganj is a Brahmin-dominated seat, with about 30 percent of the population. Apart from this, SP has included 20 percent Rajputs, 10 percent Kurmis, 10 percent Dalits and 15 percent Muslims against Ram Bhagat Mishra. Mishra was in Congress before SP. While BSP has given ticket to local businessman Neeraj Pandey.
In the 2019 elections, Brij Bhushan Singh defeated BSP’s Chandradevram Yadav by a margin of more than two lakh 61 thousand votes.
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