LUCKNOW: Hours after wrestlers Vinesh Phogat and Bajrang Punia joined Congress Friday, former BJP MP Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh mentioned he would take any alternative given by his occasion to marketing campaign towards the duo in the event that they determined to enter the electoral ring in Haryana.
Brij Bhushan, who was the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) chief when Phogat and Punia joined fellow Olympian Sakshi Malik and others in an agitation demanding his removing and prosecution for alleged sexual harassment, iterated that the protest was a part of a Congress conspiracy.
Brij Bhushan accused Haryana Congress functionaries Deepender Singh Hooda and Bhupinder Singh Hooda of plotting to malign him. “What I mentioned initially stands true, and now all the nation echoes the identical sentiment,” he mentioned in his native district of Gonda in UP. “There isn’t any want for me to elaborate. I choose to not focus on it an excessive amount of to keep away from it changing into a serious concern in Haryana. At the moment, all the nation is ready for me to touch upon this example,” he mentioned. The ex-MP mentioned if the BJP management deputed him for campaigning in Haryana, he was assured of receiving sturdy help there. “Through the Lok Sabha elections, folks from Haryana inspired me to contest from their area, promising their help. However I declined the provide.”
Brij Bhushan had been arrested beneath the now-repealed TADA in 1996 and imprisoned in Tihar jail. Throughout his absence, his spouse was elected to the Lok Sabha from Kaiserganj. Within the final election, BJP fielded his son Karan Bhushan Singh, who gained by over 1.48 lakh votes towards SP’s Bhagat Ram.
Brij Bhushan, who was the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) chief when Phogat and Punia joined fellow Olympian Sakshi Malik and others in an agitation demanding his removing and prosecution for alleged sexual harassment, iterated that the protest was a part of a Congress conspiracy.
Brij Bhushan accused Haryana Congress functionaries Deepender Singh Hooda and Bhupinder Singh Hooda of plotting to malign him. “What I mentioned initially stands true, and now all the nation echoes the identical sentiment,” he mentioned in his native district of Gonda in UP. “There isn’t any want for me to elaborate. I choose to not focus on it an excessive amount of to keep away from it changing into a serious concern in Haryana. At the moment, all the nation is ready for me to touch upon this example,” he mentioned. The ex-MP mentioned if the BJP management deputed him for campaigning in Haryana, he was assured of receiving sturdy help there. “Through the Lok Sabha elections, folks from Haryana inspired me to contest from their area, promising their help. However I declined the provide.”
Brij Bhushan had been arrested beneath the now-repealed TADA in 1996 and imprisoned in Tihar jail. Throughout his absence, his spouse was elected to the Lok Sabha from Kaiserganj. Within the final election, BJP fielded his son Karan Bhushan Singh, who gained by over 1.48 lakh votes towards SP’s Bhagat Ram.
