A powerful leader who left Congress and joined Janata Party was very close to the Prime Minister's chair. Then a sex scandal was published in a magazine in which there were nude photos of none other than the married son of the leader who was preparing to take over as PM with his female friend. The son's act not only shattered the father's dream but also ended his political career.

 Recently, a video of BJP leader Manoharlal Dhakad and his female companion allegedly having sex on the Delhi-Mumbai Expressway is going viral. Both are seen in an objectionable position in the viral video. Earlier, an obscene video of a leader from Ballia with a dancing girl went viral. Amidst the viral videos, old sex scandals have once again come into discussion.

In 1978 also, a sex scandal of a politician's son went viral, which was considered the country's first sex scandal. At that time, due to the son's misdeed, the dream of a powerful Congress leader to become the Prime Minister was shattered. Come, let us tell you the whole matter...

When elections were held after the emergency, the Congress led by Indira Gandhi lost and the Janata Party won. The Janata Party won 295 seats. In the elections, the biggest faction of the Janata Party, Jansangh, won 93 seats and the Bharatiya Lok Dal (BLD) won 71 seats.

Babu Jagjivan Ram, a strong Congress leader, had resigned from the Congress party and contested the elections by joining the Janata Party. Babu Jagjivan Ram was the first choice of the Jansangh for the post of Prime Minister because he was experienced and had worked with the Congress in almost every department.

Jagjivan Ram was close to the PM's chair, that's why...

This did not go down well with Morarji Desai and he staked claim to the post of Prime Minister in front of Jayaprakash Narayan. On the other hand, BLD had won 71 seats and most of the leaders were in support of Chaudhary Charan Singh, so Chaudhary was also considering himself as a candidate for the post of PM. Well, after a lot of tug of war, Morarji Desai became the Prime Minister of the Janata government. In this way, the first PM post came and went from Jagjivan Ram.

When Morarji Desai could not run the government, Charan Singh Chaudhary became the Prime Minister. However, even Charan Singh was not sure that he would be able to prove majority. At that time, Jagjivan Ram was sure that his time had come. Now he would be the Prime Minister because he would easily prove majority.

Sex scandal ended his political career

Babu Jagjivan Ram was very close to becoming the PM. Then a sex scandal happened, due to which not only his dream of becoming the PM was shattered, but the political capital earned throughout his life was also tarnished.

Actually, nude photos of Babu Jagjivan Ram's son and Meera Kumar's brother Suresh Ram and his girlfriend Sushma, who studied in Delhi University, were published in a magazine named 'Surya'.

Who was the editor of the magazine?

This magazine belonged to Indira Gandhi's younger daughter-in-law and Sanjay Gandhi's wife Maneka Gandhi 'Surya'. She was the editor of the magazine.

The magazine had published the news of Suresh and his girlfriend on its cover page and also published the news on eight pages. Out of these, two pages were published with only nude pictures. Surya magazine had left no stone unturned in making the news of Suresh and his girlfriend sensational.

Let us tell you that all the pictures were taken with a Polaroid camera. A Polaroid camera is one in which the photo gets printed instantly.

42 years old, married

It was written in the magazine- 42-year-old Suresh Ram is a married man and a public figure. He has a wife. He has a daughter, while his girlfriend is only 20 years old. Let us tell you that at that time Suresh had nothing to do with politics.

It is said that after the publication of this sex scandal, copies of Surya magazine were sold in black. The sale of the magazine increased, but the public life of Babu Jagjivan Ram was ruined.

His dream of becoming the Prime Minister was shattered. Although Suresh Ram later divorced his wife and married his girlfriend, Babu Jagjivan Ram had already suffered a great political loss by then.