Before the 2027 assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh, political activity has intensified. All the political parties including BJP, Samajwadi Party and Congress are busy in making their election strategy. At the same time, the activism of leaders like Chandrashekhar Azad and Asaduddin Owaisi regarding Dalit and Muslim votes has also made the politics of UP interesting. Meanwhile, Samajwadi Party National President Akhilesh Yadav's statement from the show of HT Leadership Summit 2026 has become much discussed in which he is reading the list of Bahubali.
In fact, in a recent political discussion, Akhilesh Yadav mentioned the names of 19 influential people sought by the Allahabad High Court. This list includes names like Kunda MLA Raghuraj Pratap Singh alias Raja Bhaiya, former Jaunpur MP Dhananjay Singh, Sushil Singh and former MP Brijbhushan Sharan Singh. Many famous faces of Purvanchal including Pappu Bhaukali are also in the list. But Akhilesh read the top 3 names but skipped the fourth name of Brijbhushan Sharan Singh and read the fifth name, after which there was a discussion in the political circles that what is this relationship between Akhilesh and Brijbhushan Sharan Singh called? Let us understand…
What is the political relationship between Akhilesh Yadav and Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh?
To understand the relationship between Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh and Akhilesh Yadav, we have to go back a little. Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh has an old political association with Samajwadi Party. He contested the 2009 Lok Sabha elections on Samajwadi Party ticket and reached Parliament after winning. After this, he returned to BJP before the 2014 Lok Sabha elections. However, despite changing parties, political discussions continued regarding Mulayam Singh Yadav's relations with his family.
In fact, Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh is said to have good relations with Mulayam Singh Yadav since his time and both of them are very soft on each other by nature. The relationship between Akhilesh Yadav and Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh was also discussed when in 2023, women wrestlers protested against the then Indian Wrestling Federation President Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh accusing him of sexual harassment. At that time many opposition parties had openly raised their voice in support of the wrestlers. But the stance of Samajwadi Party and Akhilesh Yadav remained relatively restrained. Instead of directly attacking Brij Bhushan, Akhilesh Yadav had said that the wrestlers should get justice and it is the responsibility of BJP to ensure this. Brijbhushan Sharan Singh had also praised this stance of Akhilesh. He had said that Akhilesh Yadav stands with the truth.
Even when the issue of wrestlers and sexual exploitation against Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh was going on in the whole country, at that time Akhilesh had shown great restraint and did not say a single word against him, rather he said that our relations were good. Along with this, there are often rumors about Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh that he is going to join SP, while Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh also says that he has to go to MP at least once, now it remains to be seen whether he goes to the 2029 Lok Sabha elections or to Rajya Sabha but to SP or BJP. At present it would not be right to say anything like this. This is the reason why despite being in BJP, the relationship between Brij Bhushan and the Samajwadi family has been discussed in political circles.
What does Brijbhushan Sharan Singh say about Akhilesh Yadav?
Brijbhushan Sharan Singh has been showing positive attitude towards Akhilesh Yadav on many occasions. On October 1, 2026, his statement 'Without Akhilesh everything is deserted' also created discussion in political circles.
In response to this, Akhilesh Yadav also said that there was a good relationship between the two. Due to this statement, discussion once again started in political circles on the past relations and future possibilities of the two leaders. An interesting aspect here is that there have often been political discussions about Brij Bhushan's relationship with Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, whereas the same bitterness is not seen in public in his relationship with Akhilesh.
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Will Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh join SP?
There has been speculation from time to time about Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh joining Samajwadi Party. A major reason for this is his old SP connection and positive statements towards Akhilesh Yadav. Brij Bhushan became MP on SP ticket in 2009 and returned to BJP in 2014. In such a situation, it is natural to have a discussion about his political future before the 2027 assembly elections. However, no official announcement has been made yet about his joining SP. Therefore, for now it should be considered a political speculation only.
While Akhilesh Yadav is continuously trying to corner the Yogi government in the politics of Uttar Pradesh, his past and present relations with Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh tell a different political story. The question is whether this relationship will take a new political turn before the 2027 elections or will this softness between the two be limited only to personal relations?