No many be familiar with the fact that Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti, Minister of State for Food Processing Industries was married when she was only a child to one Munshiram of Akbar ka Birbal village in rural Kanpur.
Later, her husband deserted her for some reason which prompted her to join Swami Achyutanand’s ashram in Hamipur to lead an ascestic life.
Sadhvi never talked about her married life and her voter in Fathepur believes that she was always single.
Rakesh Sachan, former Samajwadi Party MP who lost the 2014 Lok Sabha election to Niranjan Jyoti told the media:
“We have collected details about her from Hamipur, Fathepur and Kanpur and will expose her. She has always tried to hide her personal life to confuse voters. But the truth is that she was married”.
Munshiram, her ex- husband told a section of the media due to her extreme religious inclinations, they could not lead a happy married life. So, he got married again. They had not met for the last three decades but the villagers keep updating him about her.
Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti has hit national headlines recently for her controversial remarks.
Niranjan Jyoti’s attempt to segregate society into “Ramzadas” and “Haramzadas” was meant to give support to enmity between communities, which is an ingredient of Section 153A of the Indian Penal Code, which prescribes a maximum sentence of three years of imprisonment.