Bigg Boss 18 Contestant Tajinder Pal Singh Bagga: The highly anticipated Bigg Boss 18 kicked off with a grand premiere on October 6, hosted by Salman Khan. This season promises an intriguing mix of contestants, with one name standing out for his controversial reputation: Tajinder Pal Singh Bagga, a prominent leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and its youth wing, Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha.
Who is Tajinder Pal Singh Bagga?
Tajinder Pal Singh Bagga, a devoted member of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) since his teenage days, has been a prominent figure in Indian politics. He founded the Bhagat Singh Kranti Sena, an organisation he describes as a “nationalist task force against traitors, anti-nationals, and corrupts.” Bagga gained widespread recognition in 2011 for disrupting Arundhati Roy’s book launch at the India Habitat Centre in Delhi and for slapping Prashant Bhushan in his Supreme Court chambers ¹.
Following Narendra Modi’s election as Prime Minister in 2014, Bagga launched the website NaMo Patrika, showcasing his support for the leader. As his social media influence grew, he caught the attention of Modi himself, leading to a meeting at the Prime Minister’s official residence in 2015.
Tajinder Bagga Controversies
Tajinder Pal Singh Bagga has been at the centre of several controversies due to his provocative tweets. In 2018, he sparked outrage when he mocked Swara Bhaskar for her masturbation scene in Veere Di Wedding.
Two years later, Bagga targeted Deepika Padukone for showing solidarity with injured students during the 2020 JNU attack. Furthermore, Bagga has repeatedly lashed out at Arvind Kejriwal, the leader of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), on social media.
Tajinder Pal Singh Bagga’s political career has been marked by controversy, including losing the 2020 Delhi assembly elections to AAP’s Raj Kumari Dhillon by around 20,000 votes.
In 2022, he was arrested by Punjab police for allegedly making provocative statements and spreading rumours, but the Punjab and Haryana High Court later quashed the FIR.
