Lucknow: Underneath scrutiny following allegations of sexual harassment, Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) president Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh misplaced his cool Monday whereas questioning the allegations introduced in opposition to him by among the nation’s high girls grapplers.
“Seedhe charitra haran ka prayaas kiya gya hai, pehle kehte the 100 bacchon ke sath hua, ab kehte hain 1,000 bacchon ke sath hua…kya important shilajit ki rotiya khata tha roz? (It’s a direct try and malign my character. Earlier, they claimed that the harassment occurred with 100 youngsters now they’re saying 1,000. Was I consuming ‘rotis‘ manufactured from Shilajit (an aphrodisiac)?” Singh informed a information channel.
Two FIRs, together with one below the Safety of Kids from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, have been filed in opposition to Singh following the Supreme Court docket’s intervention. In a associated growth, the six-time MP has confirmed that he is not going to contest for the WFI president’s submit.
On the interview, the WFI chief was additionally questioned whether or not he was being “saved by the BJP-led authorities” to make sure that the social gathering doesn’t lose the Rajput votebank within the Hindi belt given his standing as a frontrunner from the group.
“I’m not a frontrunner of Rajputs, however a frontrunner of the poor. And depart Hindus, most of my supporters are Muslims. Vote is a special difficulty and politics is one other. You come to my door and you’ll find folks from each caste, faith. The poor and the wealthy will get the identical therapy. I’m not a frontrunner of Thakurs,” the BJP MP from Kaiserganj in Uttar Pradesh asserted.
“Rahe na…usme dikkat kya hai? (So, let it’s. What’s the issue if I’ve that picture?” Singh mentioned, when prodded additional.
“I’ve not performed something unsuitable…neither will I do something that harms the social gathering, the nation or the society. I’ll defend myself from any such act (sexual harassment)…at the very least I’ve that a lot of sense. I’d not just like the folks prohibit me to a specific caste…that I’m a frontrunner of the Rajputs,” Singh claimed.
On Sunday, the BJP strongman had not directly hinted at a conspiracy hatched by Congress Rajya Sabha MP Deepender Hooda when he mentioned {that a} specific household was levelling allegations in opposition to him and that each one the ladies wrestlers talking out in opposition to him belong to a specific ‘akhara’ (wrestling ring).
“90 per cent children and guardians of Haryana consider and belief within the Wrestling Federation of India. That is one household and all the women who’ve come out and levelled allegations (of sexual harassment in opposition to him), they belong to just one akhara. Yesterday, Bajrang Punia had requested how I acquired to know that they belonged to the identical akhara. Not me, however the complete world is aware of that each one ladies belong to Mahadev Wrestling Academy,” he had mentioned.
(Edited by Tony Rai)
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