Ramesh Bidhuri no stranger to controversies. 5 remarks by BJP MP that stoked row

Bharatiya Janata Party MP Ramesh Bidhuri has come under massive attack over his religious slurs at Bahujan Samaj Party counterpart Danish Ali in the Lok Sabha.

Speaker Om Birla warned the MP from South Delhi of strict action if such offence is repeated. The BJP has also issued a showcase notice to the lawmaker.

Who is Ramesh Bidhuri?
Ramesh Bidhuri, a two-term MP, has been associated with the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) since his childhood. As a college student, he was a member of the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP), the RSS’s student outfit, and was elected in 1983 as a central councillor of Shaheed Bhagat Singh College as well as the Delhi University’s Executive Council.

Bidhuri made his electoral debut in 1993 Delhi assembly polls by contesting from Tughlakabad seat, but lost. He again unsucccessfully contested in 1998 before winning the 2003 election. He won from Tughlakabad in 2008 election. In the 2009 Lok Sabha polls, Bidhuri contested from South Delhi but lost to Congress’s Ramesh Kumar. However, he won the seat in 2014 and 2019 general elections.