If you want justice, it is necessary to go to the Police, Court: WFI chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh

Amid the wrestlers’ protest at Jantar Mantar, the Bharatiya Janata Party MP and president of the Wrestling Federation of India Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh has come forward in his private defence. He talked about that the prices in opposition to him are levelled by solely a small group of wrestlers linked to a Congress chief, and the overwhelming majority of the wrestlers throughout the nation assist him. He moreover faulted the wrestlers protesting in opposition to him for not going to the police and holding protests at Jantar Mantar in Delhi in its place.

“90% of the athletes & guardians of Haryana trust the Wrestling Federation of India. A few families & the girls who have levelled allegations belonged to the same Mahadev Wrestling Academy. The patron of the academy is Deepender Singh Hooda,” Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh acknowledged whereas chatting with the media. Deepender Singh Hooda is a Congress chief and for the time being a member of Rajya Sabha.

“They are also attacking Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The individuals speaking against him and those present around are railway employees. It should be investigated,” he remarked.

He requested the wrestlers to methodology the police and the courtroom docket and assured that he’ll respect the selection of the courtroom docket. “You don’t get justice from Jantar Mantar. If you want justice, you have to go to the police, court. They never did that until now. All they did was hurl abuses. We will accept whatever the court decides,” the WFI president talked about.

“Akhilesh Yadav knows the truth. We know each other since childhood. 80% of the wrestlers in Uttar Pradesh belong to families with Samajwadi Party ideology. They call me ‘Netaji’. They know how their Netaji is,” he responded when questioned about SP chief Akhilesh Yadav’s absence from Jantar Mantar even when quite a lot of opposition leaders along with Priyanka Vadra Gandhi and Arvind Kejriwal visited there.

#WATCH | WFI chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh says, “90% of the athletes & guardians of Haryana trust the Wrestling Federation of India. A few families & the girls who have levelled allegations belonged to the same ‘akhada’…The patron of that ‘akhada’ is Deepender Hooda.”… pic.twitter.com/NqzrLvghqi

— ANI (@ANI) April 30, 2023

In a contemporary interview, 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.”

“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,” he continued.

The WFI supremo further commented, “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,” he emphasised.

Anti-Modi slogans along with “Modi Teri Kabar Khudegi, Aaj Nahi To Kal Khudegi” (Modi you will be buried, tomorrow if not at current) have been simply these days heard on the protesting event throughout the presence of quite a lot of wrestlers along with Bajrang Punia, Sakshi Malik, Vinesh Phogat, Sangeeta Phogat.

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Several prime wrestlers along with Sakshi Malik, Bajrang Punia, and Vinesh Phogat, returned to Delhi’s Jantar Mantar on April 23 after their preliminary protest in January, to disclose in opposition to WFI head Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh.

Olympic champion Neeraj Chopra and former Indian cricket captain Kapil Dev have come forward in assist of the wrestlers, whereas, Indian Olympic Association (IOA) president and former observe and topic athlete, PT Usha slammed them. “Indian Olympic Association is having a committee for sexual harassment, instead of going to the streets they (protesting wrestlers) could have come to us earlier but they didn’t come to IOA. It isn’t good for sports not only for wrestlers. They should also have some discipline,” she voiced.

Yogeshwar Dutt, a former wrestler who served on a standing committee that first appeared into the allegations asserted that and never utilizing a grievance, police cannot take any movement. He added that the wrestlers should have launched up the issue sooner.

#WATCH | Yogeshwar Dutt, Olympic medallist wrestler & a member of the committee that probed the allegations of sexual harassment of wrestlers says, “…Police will take movement solely in case you report it to them. They is not going to do it if one sits at dwelling. Wrestlers must have completed it 3… pic.twitter.com/oYTjEemkI5

— ANI (@ANI) April 30, 2023

The Delhi Police filed two FIR on Friday night in relation to the allegations that named the six-time member of parliament as an offender, hours after the Supreme Court heard the matter.

The IOA had established a seven-person committee headed by M C Mary Kom to probe the accusations sooner than the wrestlers made the selection to withdraw their protest. Vinod Tomar, the Wrestling Federation’s Additional Secretary, had moreover been suspended by the Union Sports Ministry.