Gonda (UP): BJP MP and Wrestling Federation of India chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, who has been accused of sexual harassment by seven girls wrestlers, on Tuesday sought to equate grappler Vinesh Phogat with Manthara, a personality within the Hindu epic Ramayana.
The Ramayana says Manthara, who was Queen Kaikeyi’s maid, satisfied her the throne of Ayodhya belonged to her son Bharat and that her stepson and crown prince Ram must be exiled from the dominion.
“The role that Manthara-Kaikeyi played in the Treta Yug, similarly Vinesh Phogat is playing the role of Manthara for me,” Singh advised a public assembly right here.
He added that earlier hundreds of wrestlers have been staging protests towards him, however now solely three husband-wife pairs are left. There is not any seventh, he stated. “The day the results are out, I will thank Manthara also.”
The Delhi Police has registered two FIRs towards Singh after he was accused of sexual harassment by girls wrestlers, and is probing the case.
“The wrestlers who were staging protests, they have not been able to tell till today, what happened with them, when, where and how,” Singh stated.
Singh stated he’s dealing with issues on account of these allegations of sexual harassment as former US President Donald Trump, who has been accused of abuse by a number of girls, did.
“I am saying this conspiracy is not of today. It has been going on for many days, but something good will happen through this. Only God knows how I am surviving,” he stated.
“This is a case of good touch-bad touch. False allegations have been levelled on me. God has made me a medium to fight against these allegations. This is because God himself never appears. He makes someone a medium,” he stated.
On Sunday, Singh had stated he is able to endure a narco check supplied wrestlers Vinesh Phogat and Bajrang Punia take it too.
Prominent wrestlers, together with Vinesh Phogat, Bajrang Punia and Sakshi Malik, have been protesting at Delhi’s Jantar Mantar since April 23, accusing the Kaiserganj MP of sexual exploitation.
The Sports Ministry has cancelled all actions of the wrestling federation until the investigation into the allegations of the wrestlers is accomplished.
