Vinesh Phogat and Bajrang Punia have officially joined Congress. Both the wrestlers took membership of Congress on Friday itself.
While Vinesh Phogat has been given ticket by Congress from Julana in Haryana Assembly elections-2024, Bajrang has been given the post of Executive Chairman of All India Kisan Congress in the party.
Now the reaction of BJP leader and former MP from Kaiserganj, Uttar Pradesh, Brijbhushan Sharan Singh has come to the fore on this.
Brijbhushan Sharan Singh said, “When the protest started at Jantar Mantar on 18 January 2023, I had said on the very first day that this is not a movement of players, Congress is behind it. Especially Bhupinder Hooda, Deepender Hooda, Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi are behind this.”
The former BJP MP said that today it has also been proved true that Deepender Hooda and Congress were involved in this conspiracy against us.
He said, “I want to tell the people of Haryana that Bhupinder Hooda, Deepender Hooda, Bajrang or Vinesh were not fighting for the respect of girls.”
Singh claimed, “What answer will these people give to the fact that I was not present in Delhi on the day I was accused of the incident. They used and defamed the daughters for politics. Especially the dignity of women players was hurt.”
Brijbhushan Sharan Singh said that wrestlers were not fighting for the respect of women players. They were fighting for politics. Their entire script was written by the Congress.
Brijbhushan Sharan said, “When there was a protest at Jantar Mantar on January 18, many people felt that maybe there was some truth in it. They thought women, daughters had been misbehaved with. But today they are feeling cheated.”
Brijbhushan was asked who will compensate for the loss that wrestlers suffered due to the protest and the loss that was caused to the Olympics somewhere?
On this, Brijbhushan said, “Haryana is the crown of India because of sports or in the field of sports. And they stopped wrestling activities for almost two and a half years. Besides, Bajrang Punia went to the Asian Games without trials. Is this not the truth.”
Brijbhushan said further, “I want to ask wrestling experts, I want to ask Vinesh Phogat whether a player can give trials in two weight categories in a day, can wrestling be stopped for five hours after the weigh-in. Should a player give trials in two weight categories in a day. In this, did you not violate the right, did you not stop the wrestling for five hours, were the railway referees not used. You did not win the wrestling, you went by cheating. You violated the rights of junior players, God has punished you for that.”
Brijbhushan Sharan Singh is an accused in the case of sexual exploitation of female wrestlers.
Women wrestlers had protested at many places including Jantar Mantar in Delhi regarding the allegations of sexual exploitation against Singh.
