Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, a BJP MP from Kaiserganj in Uttar Pradesh, is the president of WFI and has been holding the post since 2011.
Singh fought elections for the first time in 1991 and was elected to the 10th Lok Sabha. He was re-elected to the Lok Sabha in 1999, 2004, 2009, 2014, and 2019.
A six-time MP, he has represented Gonda, Kaiserganj and Balrampur constituencies.
Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh was a wrestler during his college days and joined students' politics in the 1980s.
His political journey began with the Ram Mandir movement in Ayodhya. He rose to prominence due to his fiery 'Hindutva image'.
He is one of the accused in a Babri Masjid demolition case nut was acquitted by the court later.
He also has three more pending cases against him, according to his election affidavit for the 2019 polls. He faces charges such as an attempt to murder, rioting, and dacoity.