Former BJP MP Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh has begun focusing on Olympic wrestlers Vinesh Phogat and Bajrang Punia after they lately joined the Congress celebration. Now, the Bharatiya Janata Celebration (BJP) has suggested Brij Bhushan to chorus from making statements towards Vinesh and Bajrang, based on sources cited by India Immediately on Sunday. This comes as Brij Bhushan has reiterated claims of “Congress conspiracy” behind the sexual harassment allegations towards him.
On Saturday, Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, the previous Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) chief, accused Phogat and Punia of getting used as “pawns” by the Congress in a conspiracy to achieve management of the WFI and goal the BJP. He particularly blamed former Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda, stating that the plot towards him was motivated by a rivalry relationship again to the 2012 WFI elections, the place Singh defeated Hooda’s son, Deepender Singh Hooda.
“They (Punia and Phogat) had been faces… they had been mohrey (pawns). They had been used like pawns by (former Haryana Chief Minister) Bhupinder Hooda, the Congress, and the Congress household,” Singh advised PTI. He additional added, “This was all conspired to achieve a maintain on the Wrestling Federation of India and to assault the BJP and its ideology. This crew of Rahul, the Congress, retains doing this stuff.”
Singh first took management of the WFI in 2012 after a bitter battle with Hooda and maintained a powerful maintain on the physique till allegations of sexual harassment and intimidation of ladies wrestlers surfaced final yr. Phogat, Punia, and fellow Olympic bronze-medallist Sakshi Malik spearheaded the protest towards Singh, resulting in his eventual resignation as WFI head. He’s at present going through prison expenses in courtroom associated to those allegations.
Following Singh’s departure, his shut affiliate Sanjay Singh was elected as WFI head, however the organisation has but to obtain recognition from the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports activities, regardless of endorsement from the worldwide wrestling physique, UWW.
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‘Will not Again Off’: Vinesh Phogat On Case Towards Brij Bhushan Singh
On Friday, Vinesh Phogat and Bajrang Punia vowed to proceed their struggle towards Brij Bhushan Singh. Vinesh, who has been chosen because the Congress candidate for the Julana constituency within the upcoming Haryana Meeting elections, asserted, “I need sportspersons to not must face what we needed to undergo.”
After becoming a member of the Congress, Vinesh remarked at a press convention that the BJP supported Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh through the protests, whereas the Congress stood by the wrestlers. “Once we had been dragged on the roads, all events besides the BJP stood with us,” she stated. “I’m beginning a brand new innings. We is not going to be scared and will not again off. Our courtroom case is occurring; we’ll win that additionally.”
Bajrang, in the meantime, has been appointed because the working chairman of the All India Kisan Congress. In distinction, Sakshi Malik has chosen to not enter politics, stating her intention to proceed the agitation independently. She provided her greatest needs to Phogat and Punia, acknowledging their resolution as a private alternative.