[1] He holds a Ph.D. degree and runs various educational institutions and ashrams across India under the banner of Sakshi Maharaj Group for which he is also serving as its present director.
[9][12][13] Sakshi Maharaj has been involved in the Ram Janmabhoomi movement and is currently under trial as one of the accused in the Babri Masjid demolition case.
[1] In August 2000, a college principal from Etah filed a complaint accusing Sakshi and two of his nephews, Padam Singh and Shivram Ram, of gang-raping her.
[21] In December 2005, STAR TV broadcast a report stating that it had carried out a sting operation and found that some parliamentarians were misusing the MPLADS funds.
[24] On 21 March 2006, the Rajya Sabha voted to expel Sakshi for violating the code of conduct while rejecting his apology.
[25][26] In 2009, an inquiry started by Etah District Magistrate Gaurav Dayal found that a college owned by Sakshi had received ₹2,500,000 from the funds.
[8] Sakshi Maharaj holds the title of Acharya Mahamandleshwar of Shri Nirmal Panchayati Akhada.
[1] On 14 September 2015 in a speech in Kannauj, Sakshi Maharaj said the madrasas were creating terrorists and they encourage their students to carry out Love Jihad.
[32] On 6 January 2015 while addressing a gathering in Meerut, Sakshi urged Hindu women to produce at least four children each to protect Hinduism in India and said Muslims practice polygyny and thus have a high birth rate.
In the same speech, he defended the Ghar Wapsi movement and advocated death sentence for cow slaughter and religious conversion.
[35][36] In May 2016, Sakshi was at BJP worker Maidan Singh's house in Unnao after a police raid, where some of the family members including the girl were allegedly injured after they used force.
[citation needed] The girl was made to unbutton her jeans in public view and in front of cameras to "show the MP the injuries".
However, according to some reports, the main controversy on Sakshi Maharaj was that he threatened to shoot the police who entered Singh's house.