Wrestlers Protest: Amid allegations of sexual harassment against BJP MP and Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) President Braj Bhushan Sharan Singh, the Congress on Friday demanded that the WFI be dissolved. At the same time, the Congress said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi should answer on this whole episode, what action did he take when 4826 a wrestler allegedly raised issues with him.

The federation should be dissolved with immediate effect: Congress

Along with Olympic Games bronze medalist boxer Vijender Singh and Commonwealth Games gold medalist discus thrower Krishna Poonia, Congress spokesperson Supriya Shrinate said it was shameful that Even after hours, Singh has not resigned and the government is conspicuously silent. is wearing. He said that the first and foremost demand of the Congress is that the federation should be dissolved with immediate effect.

Brajbhushan Singh should have resigned

Congress spokesperson Supriya Shrinate said in a press conference at the Congress headquarters here that Braj Bhushan Singh should have resigned yesterday itself. But, the biggest demand we raise in public interest is that women need to be given a safe environment. He said that there are some medal winning athletes from India, who have come out in open and talked about sexual harassment.

The country wants to know the truth: Supriya Shrinet

Supriya Shrinet said that the biggest question before the country today is that when PM Modi came to know what is going on in Wrestling Federation of India and Vinesh Phogat said that she along with her family had informed the Prime Minister so what did he do, why didn’t he investigate? He said, whether any inter-departmental inquiry was done, whether Braj Bhushan Singh was called, clarification was sought from him, there are many questions today and this is our main demand. The country wants to know the truth.

BJP has ripped apart the slogan of save daughter: Congress

On the other hand, Congress MLA from Rajasthan Poonia said that there are already many difficulties for women athletes and their difficulties are going to increase further with such cases coming to the fore. He alleged that due to frequent incidents related to BJP leaders, the Bharatiya Janata Party has destroyed the Beti Bachao slogan. The Congress leader said, BJP has majority. There are many sports federations, where party leaders have captured. There should be a discussion on this by bringing a bill. But, this is a separate issue. The less political interference, the better.

It is worth mentioning that in a shocking revelation, well-known wrestler Vinesh Phogat wept on Wednesday, alleging that WFI President Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh has been sexually abusing women wrestlers for many years. But, the administrator of this game and the BJP MP rejected these allegations. Vinesh had claimed that she had received death threats from officials close to her at the behest of the WFI president for daring to draw the attention of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to these issues during his meeting with him after the Tokyo Olympic Games. .

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Fri, Jan 20, 2023, 5: 43 PM IST