Brijesh Kumar Singh

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.

Brijesh Kumar Singh
Member of Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council
In office 8 March 2016 – 7 March 2022
Preceded by	Annapurna Singh
Succeeded by	Annapurna Singh
Constituency	Varanasi Local Authorities
Personal details
Born	(1968-07-01) 1 July 1968 (age 56) Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India
Nationality	India
Political party	Independent
Spouse	Annapurna Singh ​ (m. 1991)​
Relations	Late Uday Nath Singh alias Chulbul (ex-MLC) Sushil Singh (nephew)
Parent	Late Ravindra Nath Singh (father)
Profession	Politician
Nickname	Arun

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]