Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh

Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh (born 8 January 1957) is an Indian politician. He was a six time Member of Parliament from Kaiserganj as a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party. He was the president of the Wrestling Federation of India. In 2024, his son Karan Bhushan Singh, the president of Uttar Pradesh Wrestling Federation, was fielded in his place as the BJP candidate from Kaiserganj and he won by a margin of more than 140,000 votes.

His political career is marked by many controversies, as he was one of the prominent names who was arrested in the demolition of the Babri Masjid case and was also booked under the anti-terrorism law TADA for harbouring the shooters of Dawood Ibrahim gang. However, he was later acquitted for lack of evidence.

He is at the centre of the accusations of sexual harassment by India's top female wrestlers, wherein 7 female wrestlers including 1 minor have testified against him in a first information report (FIR). These wrestlers include Sakshi Malik and Vinesh Phogat, in the wrestlers' protests at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi. Provided by Wikipedia