‘They made me famous’: Brij Bhushan on wrestlers who accused him
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Not angry with wrestlers, their allegations made me a hero: Brij Bhushan Singh
Several women wrestlers had accused Brij Bhushan of sexual harassment in 2023, triggering months-long protests by some of India's top wrestlers. A Delhi court acquitted him in the case earlier this month, though the wrestlers have said they will challenge the verdict.
Senior BJP leader and former Wrestling Federation president Brijbhushan Sharan Singh has been acquitted by a court in a controversy involving female wrestlers. At an event in Mahendragarh, Haryana, he publicly commented for the first time on the allegations leveled by the women wrestlers.
BJP leader Brijbhushan Sharan Singh said that the allegations made by some female wrestlers from Haryana brought him nationwide recognition, so he is not angry with them. Citing the example of the Ramayana, he said that just as Kaikeyi led to King Ram's recognition as Lord Rama, the wrestlers' allegations also brought him nationwide recognition. "They took me out of Uttar Pradesh and made me a hero in Haryana as well." Brijbhushan Singh was in P…
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