Ramesh Bidhuri

Some Lesser Known Facts About Ramesh Bidhuri

• Ramesh Bidhuri is an Indian politician and member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). He was elected to parliament from South Delhi constituency in 2014 and 2019. He served as the MLA from Tughlakabad from 2003 to 2015.

• His family maintained a longstanding association with the Rashtriya Swayam Sewak Sangh (RSS), a right-wing Hindu nationalist group. Consequently, Bidhuri also became a member of the RSS at a young age. His grandfather was a philanthropist and allocated a substantial portion of his inherited land for the establishment of an Arya Samaj Mandir, a school, and a hospital in Tughlakabad village.

• His inclination towards politics began during his formative years. He actively participated in debating competitions throughout his school and college life.

• In 1983, he joined the right-wing student organization Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP).

  

• He completed his LLB in 2009 and enrolled as an advocate in the Delhi High Court.

• His younger brother Virendra Singh Bidhuri is the former Janta Dal United national Secretary. In 2014, he was sentenced to jail for one year in a theft case by a Delhi court in 2014. ^[15]The Indian Express

• Apart from being a politician, he is also the owner of a stone crusher business.

• In 2016, Bidhuri filed a defamation lawsuit using Section 500 of the IPC against Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal. Bidhuri asserted that Kejriwal had spoiled his reputation during an interview with a news channel. In the interview, Kejriwal claimed that despite several pending criminal cases against Bidhuri, the Delhi police were not pursuing any legal action against him. Meanwhile, Bidhuri asserted that he had no pending cases against him and accused Kejriwal of defaming him. In February 2016, the court issued a summons to Kejriwal. In July, Kejriwal was granted bail on a personal bond of Rs 10,000. He was finally acquitted of the charges in 2020.

  

• In 2022, Bidhuri issued a defamation notice to AAP MLA Saurabh Bhardwaj, claiming that Bhardwaj had made baseless charges against BJP leaders. Bhardwaj had alleged that BJP leaders were involved in encroachment and unauthorised construction, providing a list of supposed encroachers that included Bidhuri. To counter the allegations, Bidhuri presented evidence such as his electricity bill and other documents related to his property during a press conference. Bidhuri asserted that, in contrast, it was AAP MLAs who had encroached upon public land and property assigned to community centres. ^[16]The Times of India