BJP has dropped former WFI president & sitting MP Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh from contesting in 2024 Lok Sabha polls.
Published: 02 May 2024, 11:06 PM IST
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BJP on Thursday, 2 May announced that former president of the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) and sitting MP Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, who faces allegations of sexually harassing women wrestlers, will not be running in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.
Brij Bhushan, who has been an MP for six terms, faced a big setback in his political career because of the allegations of sexual harassment. This led to protests by some of the country's top women wrestlers.
2020 Tokyo Olympics bronze medalist Wrestler Bajrang Punia, a prominent figure in the protests against Brij Bhushan took to ‘X’ to express his views.
Bajrang Punia
Punia attacked the government, lamenting that it's a sad state for the country when daughters who bring pride to the nation with their medals are subjected to public scrutiny, while the sons of those accused of exploiting them are rewarded with political tickets.
Bajrang Punia
Sakshi Malik
Sakshi also said that by granting a ticket to his son, the morale of millions of daughters across the nation has been shattered.
Sakshi Malik
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