Wrestlers protest: Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) chief and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, who’s going through sexual harassment allegations, in the present day (May 21), stated he is able to bear a polygraph test if the identical is performed on star wrestlers Vinesh Phogat and Bajrang Punia.
“I am ready for a narco test, polygraph test or lie detector test if the same test of wrestlers Vinesh Phogat and Bajrang Punia is also conducted along with his test,” tweeted Brij Bhushan.
Earlier, Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh on Sunday stated he needed to retire from politics in 2014 however continued after the insistence of Union Home Minister Amit Shah. BJP MP from Kaiserganj after reaching Gonda from Delhi, has been assembly folks by taking part in numerous programmes in his Lok Sabha constituency. He has been in search of folks’s help for Chetna Maha rally to be held in Ayodhya on June 5.
“I wanted to retire from politics in 2014 itself. But Amit Shah during the 2014 Lok Sabha elections did not allow me to do that,” he stated. On the allegations levelled by the wrestlers, Brij Bhushan stated that “if someone decided to speak lies then they can do.”
Several ace grapplers together with Bajrang Punia, Vinesh Phogat and Sakshee Mallik have been protesting on the Jantar Mantar accusing the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh of sexual harassment and demanding his arrest.
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On May 19, the wrestlers had marched from Jantar Mantar to Bangla Sahib Gurudwara in New Delhi on their twenty fifth day of protest towards Brij Bhushan. Grapplers together with Punia, Sakshi, Vinesh and others joined the march demanding the arrest of the WFI chief charged with sexual harassment of athletes.
The protestors have been demanding the registration of an FIR towards the WFI chief and his arrest into the allegations of sexual harassment. Two separate FIRs have been registered on April 28 following the Supreme Court’s discover to Delhi Police into the plea filed by the wrestlers.
Earlier on April 24, The Union Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports introduced that the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) will likely be forming an ad-hoc committee to conduct the elections for the Executive Committee of the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) inside 45 days of its formation, to handle day-to-day affairs of the physique, together with the number of athletes and making entries for the participation of gamers in worldwide occasions. This committee will likely be functioning for an interim interval until a brand new Executive Committee takes cost.
Delhi Police has filed a standing report on the appliance moved by girl wrestlers in an alleged offence of sexual offence levelled towards WFI chief and BJP MP Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh. The courtroom was additionally knowledgeable {that a} Special Investigation Team (SIT) has been fashioned to analyze the matter.
(With ANI inputs)
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