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[[File:Bhaiya Raja addressing a gathering.jpg|thumb|270x270px|Bhaiya Raja addressing a Co-operative Bank gathering]]
'''Ashok Veer Vikram Singh''', also known as '''Bhaiya Raja''' was the [[Member of Legislative Assembly (India)|member]] of [[Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly]]. He was convicted in two criminal cases.<ref name="Toi2014">{{cite web | title=Terror of Bundelkhand Bhaiya Raja dead | website=The Times of India| date=20 December 2014 | url=http://m.timesofindia.com/india/Terror-of-Bundelkhand-Bhaiya-Raja-dead/articleshow/45582391.cms | accessdate=1 February 2015}}</ref>

==Biography==
He was a politician who later rose to a fearsome image in [[Chhatarpur district|Chhatarpur]] and [[Panna district]]s of [[Bundelkhand]] region in [[Madhya Pradesh]].<ref name="Toi2014"/><ref name="The Pioneer 2015">{{cite web | title=BJP MLA, Bhaiya Raja get 10-yr in jail | website=The Pioneer | date=1 February 2015 | url=http://www.dailypioneer.com/state-editions/bhopal/bjp-mla-bhaiya-raja-get-10-yr-in-jail.html | accessdate=1 February 2015}}</ref>

===Political career===
He was son-in-law of [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] leader Jujhar Singh Bundela. He was elected to Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly as an independent candidate from [[Pawai (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Pawai]] in 1990 with a record margin of over 42,000 votes, although he was in jail at the time, in connection to a murder case.<ref name="India Today 2013">{{cite web | title=MLA Ashok Veer Vikrum Singh ducks police | website=India Today | date=19 August 2013 | url=http://m.indiatoday.in/story/mla-ashok-veer-vikrum-singh-ducks-police/1/306635.html | accessdate=1 February 2015}}</ref> Bhaiya Raja vacated the seat for his close confidante - Mukesh Nayak, and got him a nomination from [[Indian National Congress]] in 1993. Nayak became a minister in Digvijay Singh cabinet and people would still vouch that without Bhaiya Raja's support, Nayak would never have won the election.

After a fallout with Nayak, Bhaiya Raja contested as a candidate of [[Samajwadi Party]] and again won in 1998. He was also chosen as the leader of [[Samajwadi Party]] legislatures in the assembly.
[[File:Bhaiya Raja with Samajwadi Party leaders.jpg|thumb|Bhaiya Raja with Samajwadi Party leaders [[Mulayam Singh Yadav]] and [[Amar Singh (politician)|Amar Singh]]]]
He eventually lost to [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] candidate Brijendra Singh in 2003.

His wife [[Asha Rani]] won as a candidate of [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] from [[Bijawar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Bijawar]] constituency in 2008.<ref name="Toi2014"/>

===Criminal cases===
He was accused in more than twenty cases.<ref name="India Today 2013"/>

In 1989, he was accused for murder of Siddharth Rao, a notorious criminal of Nainital and the nephew of former home minister of India [[Buta Singh]]. He was relieved of all charges regarding the case in 1990.<ref name="Toi2014"/>

His domestic help, Tijji Bai, killed herself at his Bhopal home in November 2007. He and his wife Asha Rani were accused of abetment in suicide. Later they were convicted and sentenced to jail for ten years.<ref name="indiatvnews 2013">{{cite web | author=indiatvnews | title=MP Don Bhaiya Raja's Wife BJP MLA Asha Rani Gets 10 Year Jail For Killing Maid | website=IndiaTv | date=31 October 2013 | url=http://m.indiatvnews.com/crime/news/mp-don-bhaiya-raja-wife-bjp-mla-asha-rani-gets-year-jail-4257.html | accessdate=1 February 2015}}</ref><ref name="Toi2014"/><ref name="ToI2013">{{cite web | title=Former Madhya Pradesh MLA Bhaiya Raja, 4 others get life sentence in murder case | website=The Times of India | date=31 May 2013 | url=http://m.timesofindia.com/city/bhopal/Former-Madhya-Pradesh-MLA-Bhaiya-Raja-4-others-get-life-sentence-in-murder-case/articleshow/20363247.cms | accessdate=1 February 2015}}</ref><ref name="ht2014">{{cite web | title=Bhopal: Jailed feudal lord and murder convict Bhaiya Raja dies | website=Hindustan Times | date=20 December 2014 | url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/bhopal/bhopal-jailed-feudal-lord-and-murder-convict-bhaiya-raja-dies/article1-1298350.aspx | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150703023514/http://www.hindustantimes.com/bhopal/bhopal-jailed-feudal-lord-and-murder-convict-bhaiya-raja-dies/article1-1298350.aspx | url-status=dead | archive-date=3 July 2015 | accessdate=1 February 2015}}</ref><ref name="The Pioneer 2015"/>

Vasundhara Bundela, a student of fashion design, was found dead at Misrod near [[Bhopal]] on 11 December 2009. He was arrested in 2009. He, along with his four aids, was convicted of her murder. He was sentenced for life in 2013. He was imprisoned in Bhopal jail.

===Death===
He suffered a [[brain haemorrhage]] and was hospitalised on 15 December 2014. He died on 19 December 2014 at Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh. His last rites were performed at his native place [[Gharwar]] a day later.<ref name="Toi2014"/><ref name="The Times of India Mobile Site 2014">{{cite web | title=Ex-MLA Bhaiya Raja dies in Bhopal - TOI Mobile | website=The Times of India Mobile Site | date=19 December 2014 | url=http://m.timesofindia.com/city/bhopal/Ex-MLA-Bhaiya-Raja-dies-in-Bhopal/articleshow/45572798.cms | accessdate=1 February 2015}}</ref><ref name="ht2014"/>

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[[Category:Madhya Pradesh MLAs 1990–1992]]
[[Category:Madhya Pradesh MLAs 1998–2003]]

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