Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh is a six-time MP
New Delhi:
The BJP’s heavyweight MP and former wrestling boss Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh will not be contesting the Lok Sabha polls this time. The BJP has as a substitute named his son Karan Bhushan Singh as its candidate from Uttar Pradesh’s Kaiserganj. The announcement, made this afternoon, places a lid on the hypothesis surrounding the Kaiserganj seat and its high-profile MP.
Moreover saying the title of Karan Bhushan Singh, the BJP named Pratap Singh as its candidate from Congress stronghold Rae Bareli. The Congress is but to call its choose from the status seat, earlier held by Sonia Gandhi.
A six-term MP, Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh suffered a large political setback because of sexual harassment allegations towards him that noticed a number of the nation’s prime wrestlers hit the streets. The allegations additionally prompted the BJP to search for another choice, because it didn’t need the row to smash its ballot prospects within the politically-significant state. The celebration, nonetheless, is aware of the political clout Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh holds within the space. Therefore, it has chosen his son as his substitute.
Sources within the BJP had earlier informed NDTV that the celebration management had spoken to him on the problem and that the heavyweight politician was nonetheless insisting on a ballot cross.
His elder son Pratik Bhushan Singh is an MLA. Karan Bhushan Singh presently heads the Uttar Pradesh wrestling physique.
Kaiserganj votes on Might 20 within the fifth part of Lok Sabha election. The final date of submitting nomination is tomorrow.
The president of Wrestling Federation of India for over a decade, Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh hit headlines early final yr when the nation’s prime wrestlers, together with Bajrang Punia, Vinesh Phogat and Sakshee Malikkh, accused him of sexually harassing ladies wrestlers and staged a large protest within the nationwide capital.
The BJP heavyweight has denied the allegations. The case towards him is pending earlier than a Delhi court docket.
Final month, the BJP chief had blamed the media for the delay within the announcement of the celebration’s Kaiserganj candidate. “You (media) folks needn’t fear. The announcement of my candidature is getting delayed due to you folks,” he mentioned.