‘If I resign, wrestlers will say my time interval was already over’: Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh
On Friday, twenty eighth April 2023, the Delhi police instructed the Supreme Court that it is ready to file an FIR in opposition to Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) president Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, amid a second spherical of protests by a lot of wrestlers demanding movement in opposition to him alleging sexual harassment. In his preliminary reactions to this, Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh has talked about that he respects the court docket docket order. When requested whether or not or not he’ll resign, the BJP MP have an indirect reply saying that even when he resigns, wrestlers will say that his time interval was already over and he is doing no favour by resigning. However, he added that he is in a position to resign if that may fulfill the protesting wrestlers.
Wrestlers, along with Bajrang Punia, Sakshi Malik and Vinesh Phogat, are protesting at Jantar Mantar in Delhi in opposition to Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh alleging sexual harassment and intimidation. After the listening to throughout the Supreme Court, the wrestlers demanded that the WFI president be put in jail and the protest will proceed until this happens.
While chatting with India Today, Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh talked about, “I am content with the decision of the honourable court. The wrestlers have been raising their demands for so many days and they were protesting for the same. They went to the court and the court also took cognizance. The Supreme Court has ordered that an FIR should be registered and the matter be investigated. I am totally content with the decision. I will cooperate in the investigation wherever necessary.”
He further talked about, “I am not only content with the decision but also I agree with it because I am a citizen of this country and the Supreme Court is the apex court in this country. We cannot disagree with or raise questions on the court. We welcome the decision of the Supreme Court.”
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When requested if he would resign for guaranteeing an excellent trial, he talked about, “Their demand changes every now and then. You should consider the agitation right from the beginning. At that time they demanded that the WFI president should resign. After that, they brought up the issue of sexual harassment. After that, they demanded that the government should conduct an inquiry. The government formed two committees. the inquiry was completed. They did not wait for the report of the probe by the committees and started a sit-in protest on some other issue. Then they reached the Supreme Court. If they will be satisfied just with my resignation, I will send it to you, and show the resignation to them. Even if I resign, they will say that he is not favouring anybody by resigning, as anyways his term was already over. You tell them to start their practice and stop this protest, I send my resignation to you. If you are asking me to resign, I can resign, but not as a criminal.”
According to a report by ABP News, Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh talked about that he is happy with the court docket docket’s selection. He added that he believes in his Karma and that he’ll get justice.
Wrestler Vinesh Phogat talked about, “The court’s decision has come, but we do not trust the Delhi Police. We have been sitting here for 6 days. Our next step will be based on the action of the Delhi Police. Our demand is that he (WFI president Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh) be put in jail. I appeal to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on moral grounds that he should be removed from every post. As long as he remains in that post, he will misuse that position and influence the investigation. We have full faith in the Supreme Court.”
Another protesting wrestler Bajrang Punia talked about, “He (Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh) should be put in jail immediately. We are waiting for the police FIR. We will see under which sections the case is registered. Our phone was not picked up by Union Minister Anurag Thakur.” Sakshi Malik talked about, “Our protest will end only after he is put in jail and removed from all posts.”
In the within the meantime, some unusual appearances have been seen on the protests by wrestlers, which have the potential of elevating questions regarding the true motive of the protests. Politician Pappu Yadav, who’s accused in a lot of jail circumstances along with allegedly misbehaving with an air hostess and threatening to hit with slippers, in the meanwhile joined the protest at Jantar Mantar and addressed the gathering. More importantly, he centered UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath in his speech.
Former governor Satyapal Malik moreover joined the protests on 26 April, who’ve created controversies by making a lot of suggestions attaching the Modi authorities simply recently.
