Raja Bhaiya files for divorce to end 28 years of marriage citing "mental and emotional cruelty"

Former Uttar Pradesh minister and MLA Raghuraj Pratap Singh, Raja Bhaiya, has filed a divorce case against his wife Bhanvi Singh to end the 28-year old marriage, citing "mental and emotional cruelty".

Raja Bhaiya has filed for divorce in the family court in Saket, Delhi.

Raja Bhaiya and Bhanvi Singh got married in February 1995. The couple have four children - two daughters and twin sons. Bhanvi is associated with the royal family of Basti.


Differences between Raja Bhaiya and his wife Bhanvi Singh started surfacing when she filed an FIR for fraud against Raja Bhaiya's close aide Akshay Pratap Singh, an MLC, in February this year in Delhi.

Bhanvi claimed in her FIR that Akshay fraudulently got his associate appointed as a director in the firm owned by her. She claimed that they wanted to usurp her company.

However, Raja Bhaiya later told reporters that Akshay had not done anything wrong and he was with him.

As per several reports, Raja Bhaiya has stated in his divorce plea that his wife not only left home but also refused to reside with him. It says that Bhanvi made false allegations against Akshay and caused discord among family members that amounted to mental and emotional cruelty towards him.

Raja Bhaiya has served as minister in Kalyan Singh, Ram Prakash Gupta, Rajnath Singh, Mulayam Singh and Akhilesh Yadav governments.

He now heads his own party Jansatta Dal.

(Inputs from IANS)