Omprakash Rajbhar

Some Lesser Known Facts About Omprakash Rajbhar

• In 1981, Omprakash started his political journey after getting inspired by Kashiram and, soon, he joined the Bahujan Samaj Party. In 1996, he became the district magistrate of Varanasi. He revolted against the party when the Bhadohi district was named Santarvidas Nagar and left the party in 2001 and joined Sonelal Patel’s party, Apna Dal. He formed his own party within a year, and he started organising the party members and political workers for the party. ^[9]The Wire

• Once, during a public meeting in Ratanpur in Mau, Omprakash stated that one should tap shoes ten times to all the BJP leaders. Soon, a BJP leader registered an FIR against him. ^[10]The Wire

• Omprakash Rajbhar was appointed as the Cabinet Minister in the Yogi Adityanath ministry and was given charge of the Department of Disabled People development. ^[11]My Neta

• Omprakash Rajbhar was told to quit the post of Cabinet Minister in the Yogi Adityanath ministry on 20 May 2019 when he got involved in the anti-alliance activities. ^[12]BBC

• On 13 January 2022, in a video interview, Omprakash Rajbhar stated that he was not a Hindu. ^[13]The Wire

• Once, Rajbhar sat on an indefinite fast while demanding the suspension of the Ghazipur District Magistrate. This resulted in the bad relations of Rajbhar with the BJP and the Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath. ^[14]The Wire

• Omprakash Rajbhar remains very active on his Twitter account. He is followed by more than 93k people on his social media account. On his Facebook account, he is followed by 228k users.

• Omprakash Rajbhar often attends the news debates on renowned Indian news channels.

  

• In 2021, Omprakash Rajbhar stated in an interview with media houses that the partition of India and Pakistan would not happen if Muhammad Ali Jinnah was appointed as the first prime minister of India. He said,
  

  Had Jinnah been made the first prime minister, the partition of the country would not have happened.” ^[15]Hindustan Times

• In November 2021, Omprakash stated while addressing a political rally that Hindus start their new work with the name of Ganesha, in the same way, Suheldev Namah must be enchanted before stepping into the politics otherwise it would be regarded as a curse. He said,
  

  The way Shri Ganesha says Namah when worship starts in Hindu society, in the same way in the politics of the country, unless someone says Suheldev Namah, his welfare will not be there in the country.” ^[16]News18

• In 2021, Omprakash stated that if he would come into the present government then he would make it a rule to send those parents to jail who did not send their children to school. He stated,
  

  I will make such a law, under which parents who do not send school will be sent to jail.” ^[17]NDTV

• In July 2021, Omprakash Rajbhar tweeted that those BJP leaders who married their daughters to Muslims had the same DNA. For this statement, he was disgraced by several social media users.

  

• In 2022, Omprakash Rajbhar’s Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party (SBSP) promised an alliance with the Samajwadi Party before the Legislative Assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh. ^[18]The Wire