Brijesh Kumar Singh

Annapurna Singh

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(m. 1991)​

Brijesh Kumar Singh
Member of Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council
In office 8 March 2016 –7 March 2022
Relations	Late Uday Nath Singh alias Chulbul (ex-MLC) Sushil Singh (nephew)
Parent	Late Ravindra Nath Singh (father)
Profession	Politician
Nickname	Arun

Brijesh Kumar Singh (also known as Arun) is an Indian Mafia Don turned politician ^[1] and a former Member of Uttar Pradesh legislative council as an independent candidate.

Political career

Brijesh Singh started his political career in year 2012 while being lodged in jail by contesting Assembly elections from Saiyadraja Vidhan Sabha as a candidate of PMSP, but lost by margin of 2,016 votes. Then he contested the Legislative Council elections in 2016 as an independent candidate from his ancestral Varanasi seat ^[2] which his wife and elder brother represented earlier and won by a margin of 1,954 votes and became MLC. ^{[3] [4] [5] [6]}

References

1. "Crime and Political Career of Brijesh Singh". The Print.
2. "Influence of Brijesh Singh in Varanasi region". Navbharat Times.
3. "Brijesh Singh wins from Varanasi as an independent candidate". India.com.
4. "Jailed Mafia Don & MLC Brijesh Singh Takes Oath". The Hindu.
5. "Election affidavit of Brijesh Singh as an MLC candidate from varanasi local authorities constituency". My Neta.
6. "Election affidavit of Brijesh Singh as an MLA candidate from saiyadraja assembly constituency". My Neta.