The Bharatiya Janata Party has decided to field Karan Bhushan Singh, sitting MP Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh's son from Kaiserganj in Uttar Pradesh. Karan is presently the president of the Uttar Pradesh Wrestling Association.
The saffron party has dropped its sitting MP Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, who has been embroiled in a sexual harassment controversy. For the first time since 2009, the BJP dropped its heavyweight leader and sitting MP Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh from Uttar Pradesh's Kaiserganj seat and gave the ticket to his son.
Karan is presently the president of the Uttar Pradesh Wrestling Association. Previously, Karan was the senior vice president of the UP wrestling association.
Days after Karan's election, Olympic medallists Bajrang Punia and Sakshi Malik had threatened protests, claiming the government had promised that Brij Bhushan or his relatives or associates would not govern the sport.
Karan is also the president of the Cooperative Village Development Bank in Nawabganj, Gonda. Polling will be held in Kaiserganj in the fifth phase of Lok Sabha elections on May 20. Karan Bhushan is likely to file his nomination from Kaiserganj on May 3.
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