Much-married former MP fighting for life
He is believed to have married 60 women
Aformer Indian parliamentarian who is believed to have married at least 60 women has been battling for life at a hospital in Jharkhand state for about a month.
Nonagenarian Bagun Sumbrai, who held the record of never losing parliamentary elections from Singhbhum seat in Jharkhand, is admitted at a hospital in Jamshedpur.
Doctors treating him have declared half of his brain-dead although his heart is now functioning.
Sumbrai, who represented Singhbhum seat four times, has been in the news for two things — his penchant for marrying and his spartan lifestyle.
The former Congress parliamentarian married 60 women in his political career spanning four decades. He has gone on record as saying there is no harm in marrying women if that is for a good cause and doesn’t see any problem in marrying so many.
“Krishna [a Hindu deity] is my inspiration. He married 1,600 women and the world reveres him. In tribal society, too, polygamy is not a taboo,” he said in an interview.
Simple life
And when asked why he married so many women, he explained, “I don’t run after girls or women. Rather, they run after me. If they find something attractive in me, what can I do? I cannot disappoint anyone who wants to marry me.”
However, the tribal politician is also known for his Spartan lifestyle. Despite winning elections for state assembly and parliament so many times, he lived a simple life.