Bharatiya Janata Party leader Ramesh Bidhuri is once again in the news for his controversial statements. BJP has made him its candidate from Kalkaji seat for the upcoming Delhi Assembly elections. Ramesh Bidhuri was born on July 18, 1961 in the historic village of Tughlakabad in South Delhi to Ramrikh and Charto Devi. He comes from Gurjar community. Let’s take a look at the political journey of Ramesh Bidhuri…
Ramesh Bidhuri and his family members have been active members of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh since the beginning. Bidhuri started his political career as a student leader when he was elected as the Central Counselor of Shaheed Bhagat Singh College and the Executive Council of Delhi University. As a student leader, he worked with passion and dedication for ABVP since 1983. Bidhuri completed his graduation in B.Com from Shaheed Bhagat Singh College (M), Delhi University. After this he completed his degree in LAW (LLB) from Chaudhary Charan Singh University, Meerut. He has also practiced law in Delhi High Court.
Ramesh Bidhuri became MLA for the first time in 2003.
Ramesh Bidhuri has worked actively in politics since 1993, holding prestigious positions in many religious and political organizations. He worked as the District General Secretary of Mehrauli district in the year 1996 and was the State Secretary of Mahasangh Dharma Yatra. He was Mehrauli District President of BJP from 1997 to 2003. He also actively worked as the Vice President of BJP Delhi Pradesh from 2003 to 2008. Presently Ramesh Bidhuri is the General Secretary of BJP Delhi State and has been working on this post since 2008. He was elected MLA from Tughlakabad for the first time in 2003 on BJP ticket. After delimitation in 2008, Tughlakabad constituency was divided into two and Okhla became the new assembly. The people of Okhla elected Ramesh Bidhuri as their MLA. He once again contested the 2013 assembly elections from Tughlakabad and became MLA for the third consecutive time.
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Bidhuri has been MP from South Delhi twice
BJP made him its candidate from South Delhi constituency in the 2014 Lok Sabha elections and he became a MP for the first time. After this, he retained the South Delhi seat in the 2019 elections. BJP made Ramveer Singh Bidhuri its candidate from South Delhi seat in place of Ramesh Bidhuri in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections and he was successful in winning. Ramesh Bidhuri is once again returning to state politics from the Centre. He will contest the Delhi Assembly elections from Kalkaji seat, where he will face two women candidates. AAP leader and current Chief Minister of Delhi Atishi is the current MLA from this seat. She will again contest elections from here. Whereas Congress has made Alka Lamba its candidate from Kalkaji. It will be interesting to see how Ramesh Bidhuri tackles Alka Lamba and Atishi in the triangular contest.
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Ramesh Bidhuri has a long association with controversy
While addressing an election meeting after the ticket was finalized from Kalkaji, Ramesh Bidhuri made controversial remarks about Priyanka Gandhi. Just 24 hours later, while addressing another election rally, he said something about the surname of Atishi, the Chief Minister of Delhi and his AAP rival from Kalkaji, which brought him at the center of controversy. Ramesh Bidhuri had said during his first rally, ‘Lalu had said that he would build roads like Hema Malini’s cheeks in Bihar but he could not do so. He had made a false promise. But I assure you that we will make all the roads of Kalkaji like the cheeks of Priyanka Gandhi. Addressing another rally 24 hours later, Bidhuri said, ‘This Marlena (the surname used earlier by Atishi) has now become Singh, she changed her surname. Kejriwal had sworn on his children not to go with the corrupt Congress, Marlena changed her father. Earlier she was Marlena, now she has become Leo. This is his character. However, after being criticized, Bidhuri expressed regret for her controversial statements.
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Bidhuri’s statements have created ruckus in Parliament too
This is not the first time that Ramesh Bidhuri has been embroiled in controversies regarding his statements. During the discussion in Parliament on 21 September 2023, Bidhuri had abused Bahujan Samaj Party MP Kunwar Danish Ali, calling him a terrorist. These comments were condemned by MPs and political leaders from all parties. BJP has issued a show cause notice to him for his comment. However, no action was taken against him by Speaker Om Birla. Later Ramesh Bidhuri expressed regret for his objectionable remarks. Earlier in 2015, five women MPs of the opposition, in a complaint to then Speaker Sumitra Mahajan, had accused Bidhuri, the then BJP MP from South Delhi, of ‘disrespectful behavior and using inappropriate language’ in the House. The MPs who complained included Congress’s Ranjita Ranjan, Sushmita Dev (now in TMC), NCP’s Supriya Sule, TMC’s Arpita Ghosh and CPM’s PK Srimati.
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