Tajinder Singh Baga is an Indian politician and social media influencer associated with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), known for attacking Supreme Court lawyer Prashant Bhushan in 2011 for supporting a plebiscite in Kashmir. He became the spokesperson of Delhi BJP in 2017. In addition, he is also known as the head of an ultra-nationalist group called Bhagat Singh Kranti Sena (BSKS).
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Wiki/Biography
Tajinder Pal Singh Bagga or Tejinder Pal Singh Bagga was born on Tuesday, 24 September 1985 (age 36 years; as of 2021) and he hails from Tilak Nagar, New Delhi. His zodiac sign is Libra.
Tajinder Singh Baga’s childhood picture
Following in his father’s footsteps, Baga joined the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) shakha at an early age. In an interview, his father revealed that Baga had a political awakening at a branch of the RSS, which led Baga to drop out of school after the 10th grade and become active in politics. Rather, Baga said he dropped out of school to help his father in his clothing business. However, he later pursued the Undergraduate Preparatory Program (BPP) at the Indira Gandhi National Open University. He graduated from the National Development Course at the National Defense University (Republic of China), Taiwan, in 2017.
family
parents and siblings
Tajinder Singh Baga’s father, Preet Pal Singh, runs a clothing store in Tilak Nagar. His mother’s name is Kamaljeet Kaur.
Tajinder Singh Baga with his father Preet Pal Singh
Tajinder Singh Baga with his mother
wife and children
He is unmarried.
religion
Tajinder Singh Baga follows Sikhism.
Tajinder Pal Singh Baga’s #ProfileForJustice campaign
Address
20B/91B Tilak Nagar, New Delhi, Delhi- 110018
Career
politics
At the age of 16, Baga joined the BJP’s youth wing, the Bharatiya Jana Yuva Morcha (BJYM) and later became its secretary. In 2017, Baga was appointed as the spokesperson of the Delhi BJP. In the 2020 Delhi Legislative Assembly elections, Bagam contested the Hari Nagar Assembly seat on a BJP ticket, but he lost the election. Baga is also the editor of NaMo Patrika, an online portal started by Bhagat Singh Kranti Sena to highlight schemes and initiatives launched by the Modi government.
others
Baga runs an e-commerce portal, ‘TshirtBhaiya’, which specializes in nationalist merchandise, including T-shirts and jewellery. One of the items included a T-shirt depicting the controversial 2017 incident in which Army Major Letul Gogoi tied Kashmiri craftsman Farooq Ahmad Dar to his jeep as a human shield against a mob.
TshirtBhaiya t-shirt depicting the controversial 2017 incident where Army Major Letul Gogoi tied Kashmiri craftsman Farooq Ahmad Dar to his jeep as a human shield against a mob.
In 2022, he started a food franchise ‘Kulhad Biryani’ in New Delhi, which he branded as ‘India’s first Jhatka Biryani brand’. The restaurant specializes in Jhatka meat. Jhatka is the meat of an animal killed instantly, as opposed to halal meat, which is the opposite and is usually consumed by the Muslim population. In an interview, he talked about his restaurant and said:
We have already received hundreds of franchise inquiries. In the next six months we aim to open multiple franchises in Delhi NCR. A year from now, we might be taking Kulhad Biryani around India. For now, we want to add Kulhad Biryani to the taste buds of the entire Delhi-NCR.”
confrontations
Operation Prashant Bhushan
In 2011, Baga along with a group of friends barged into the chambers of Supreme Court lawyer and activist Prashant Bhushan and assaulted him for supporting a plebiscite in Kashmir. Baga was apparently functioning under a vigilante group called Bhagat Singh Kranti Sena (BSKS), which included Vishnu Gupta and Inder Verma. Hours before the attack, Baga tweeted,
May God give us the strength to complete our mission.”
After the attack, he claimed credit for it, tweeting:
He try (sic) to break my nation, I try to break his head. Hisab Chukta. Congratulations to all. Operation Prashant Bhushan was successful.
He later added,
We hit Prashant Bhushan hard in his chambers in the Supreme Court. If you try to break my nation, I will break your heads.”
Baga and Vishnu Verma were then arrested near Baba Kharak Singh Marg in Delhi.
Photoshopped Harish Rawat as AMU founder Syed Ahmed
The Uttarakhand Congress filed a complaint against Baga with the Election Commission after he identified former Uttarakhand Chief Minister Harish Rawat and other Congress leaders as Muslim leaders. Apparently, Muslim leaders have promised a Muslim university in the state. Congress leaders in Uttarakhand claimed that Baga’s tweet was aimed at creating communal discord in the state and that he had violated the model of conduct for elections and termed the act as a cyber crime.
A photoshopped image of Harish Rawat as AMU founder Syed Ahmed
Defamation case against Subraman Swamy
In December 2021, Baga filed a defamation case against Rajya Sabha MP Subramanian Swamy, alleging that Swamy had tweeted on 28 September 2021 that before joining the BJP, Baga had been arrested several times for petty offenses at the Mandir Marg police station. Denying the allegations, Baga said they were spread online to tarnish and damage his reputation. Baga then sent a legal notice to Swami on October 1, 2021, warning him that unless he apologized to Baga within seven days, he would proceed with legal action against him. The Delhi HC stayed the defamation case on April 4, 2022.
A case of inflammatory statements
On 1 April 2022, a case was registered against Baga in Mohali on a complaint filed by Dr Sni Singh Ahluwalia, AAP Punjab Speaker and In-Charge of Anandpur Sahib Lok Sabha Constituency. Ahluwalia alleged that Baga’s comments in the media and his tweets were provocative statements that incited enmity and threatened party chief and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal. After that, he was booked under IPC Sections 153-A and 506. Punjab Police said that although he was given five notices, he did not join the investigation. On 6 May 2022, Baga was arrested by the Punjab Police from his Janakpur residence in Delhi. However, the Punjab police team was intercepted by the local police in Haryana, who then handed over Baga to the Delhi police. Baga was later released after being produced before a magistrate. After his release, Baga approached the Punjab and Haryana High Court against the arrest warrant issued against him. HC remanded till May 10, 2022. Additionally, Chetan Mittal, Baga’s lawyer, was also granted immunity from coercive action.
He was arrested by the West Bengal Police
In 2019, clashes broke out between Trinamool Congress and BJP workers during Amit Shah’s goodshow in Kolkata, following which various BJP workers, including Baga, were arrested by the West Bengal Police. After his release, Baga took to Twitter to reveal that he was arrested from his hotel room at 2am. In a later tweet, he said that the Kolkata police were intensively searching for CCTV footage or any images that would prove Baga’s link with the violence that erupted during the roadshow, but due to lack of evidence, they had to let him go.
assets
- Deposits in banks, financial institutions and non-banking financial companies: Rs 12,10,664.
- Bonds, debentures and shares in companies: Rs 1,20,000
- Motor vehicles: Rs 5,50,000
Net worth
As of 2019, his net worth is Rs 13,15,171.
Facts/Trivia
- Delhi Police registered a case of kidnapping on 6 May 2022 after Punjab Police arrested Tajinder Pal Singh Baga from his residence in Delhi’s Janakpur. The Delhi Police said the Punjab Police did not inform the local police before they arrested Baga. On the day of the arrest, Haryana Home Minister Anil Vij said while addressing the media:
This morning, we received information from the Delhi Police that Tejinder Baga was kidnapped from Delhi in a Bolero car. They told us that they were hired illegally. Whatever instructions we got from Delhi Police, we followed it. If there was any precedent, the FIR could have been registered in Delhi as well. Why was FIR registered on Baga in Punjab. Is there any Aam Aadmi Party torture house in Punjab?”
Meanwhile, AAP leader Saurabh Bhardwaj defended Baga’s arrest by the Punjab police, saying:
Tajinder Baga tweets to incite violence in Punjab; This means that BJP leaders in Delhi are trying to spread communal violence in Punjab. Punjab Police is working to maintain peace in the state. Delhi Police and Haryana Police try to protect such teams. “
- On 1 July 2015, Prime Minister Narendra Modi hosted an exclusive, invite-only, selfie-free event called #super150, organized as part of the Digital India initiative. Baga was one of the 150 social media influencers invited to the event held at 7 RCR, New Delhi.
- He disrupted Booker-winning author Arundhati Roy’s book launch in 2011, Broken Republic: Three Essays, on the grounds that her essays were “anti-Indian army and pro-Kashmir Azadi”.
Tajinder Singh Baga at the presentation of the book “Three Essays of a Broken Republic” by Arundhati Roy
- Baga, along with his BSKS group, tore down the walls of the Pakistan High Commission by putting up posters demanding independence for Balochistan. They also put up other controversial posters, including one calling former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi the “father of mob lynching”.
- He launched a campaign to boycott Bollywood star Deepika Padukone’s films after she visited Jawaharlal Nehru University in January 2020 following a mob attack on the campus. In his tweet, he stated that he supported the Tukde Tukde Gang.
Excerpt of Tajinder Singh Baga’s tweet against Deepika Padukone
- In 2014, Tajinder Baga sold tea outside the Congress headquarters wearing T-shirts emblazoned with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s face as a means of agitation against remarks made by Congress leader Mani Shankar Aiyar against Modi. Mani Shankar Aiyar apparently called Narendra Modi a “chaiwala” during the 2014 elections.
Tajinder Baga sells tea outside AICC meet as protest against Mani Shankar Ayyar’s remark on Modi
- His active participation in the 2019 Lok Sabha election campaign in West Bengal led to his arrest by the West Bengal Police after clashes broke out between Trinamool Congress and BJP workers during Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s roadshow.
- He owns a Tata Nexon car.
- He is a devoted follower of Sri Sri Ravi Shankar and posts various pictures with him on social media.
Tajinder Singh Baga with Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
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