Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh mentioned to ANI, “Is it not true that Bajrang went to the Asian Video games with out trials? I need to ask those that are specialists in wrestling.I need to ask Vinesh Phogat whether or not a participant can provide trials in 2 weight classes in a day?”
He added, “Can the trials be stopped for five hours after the weigh-in? You didn’t win the wrestling, you went there by dishonest. God has punished you for a similar.”
Singh strongly rejected claims of sexual misconduct and mentioned that it was in reality Phogat and fellow wrestler Bajrang Punia who brought about “embarrassment to daughters”.
Refuting allegations of misconduct, Singh mentioned, “I’m not responsible of disrespecting daughters. If anybody is responsible of disrespecting daughters, it’s Bajrang and Vinesh. And the one who wrote the script, Bhupinder Hooda, is chargeable for that,”
Singh additional alleged that the wrestlers’ protest in opposition to him was not for the dignity of girls however a political plot.
“I need to inform the folks of Haryana that Bhupinder Hooda, Deepender Hooda, Bajrang, and Vinesh weren’t sitting (on protest) for the dignity of ladies. Resulting from them, the daughters of Haryana are dealing with embarrassment. We’re not chargeable for it, Bhupinder Hooda and Deependra Hooda and these protesters are chargeable for it,” the previous WFI chief mentioned.
He accused the Congress party of orchestrating the protests in opposition to him to discredit the ruling BJP and manipulate public opinion.
Attacking the Congress, Singh mentioned, “From the start, I claimed that the protests weren’t a real motion by sportspersons however a Congress-led initiative. Bhupinder Hooda and his get together had been behind this whole conspiracy.”
He maintained that the wrestlers’ grievances had been a pretext to attain political objectives quite than a real struggle for girls’s rights.
WFI chief backs Brij Bhushan
Present President of the WFI Sanjay Singh backed Bhushan and accused the wrestlers of conspiring in opposition to the wrestling group, saying, “This protest was sure to occur because it was orchestrated by Congress.”
He claimed that the protest disrupted wrestling actions, probably impacting India’s efficiency in worldwide competitions.
“This whole conspiracy was additionally hatched as a result of 4-5 wrestling medals had been going to come back within the Olympics. The protest additionally affected these medals. There was no wrestling exercise for two years within the Olympic 12 months, so resulting from that, we obtained fewer medals. Our wrestlers weren’t in a position to follow… Now these individuals are not going to have any impression on our wrestling affiliation,” Sanjay Singh added.
Wrestlers’ entry into politics
Wrestlers Phogat and Punia formally joined the Congress get together on Friday, simply earlier than the Haryana meeting elections. Each wrestlers resigned from their positions with Northern Railways earlier that day.
Phogat, the primary Indian lady wrestler to succeed in an Olympic closing, was instantly fielded as a candidate for the Julana constituency, whereas Punia, a bronze medalist from the Tokyo Olympics, was appointed the working president of the All India Kisan Congress.
