Who is Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, against whom women wrestlers have levelled accusations of sexual harassment

Wrestler Vinesh Phogat has accused Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) President Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh of sexual harassment. Apart from being the President of WFI, Singh is currently also a BJP MP from Kaisarganj Lok Sabha seat in UP.

BJP MP Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh has been accused of sexually abusing women wrestlers for many years. Wrestler Vinesh claimed that many coaches have also exploited women wrestlers at the national camp in Lucknow. She has alleged that there are some women in the camp who approach wrestlers at the behest of the WFI president. But who is Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh?

6-time MP

Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh is the President of Indian Wrestling Federation and also a Member of Parliament from BJP. He became a Member of Parliament for the first time in 1991 by winning the Lok Sabha elections. Later, Singh also won the Lok Sabha elections in 1999, 2004, 2009, 2014 and 2019. He has been a Member of Parliament for a total of six times.

Apart from this, he is the President of Wrestling Federation since 2011. 2019 BJP MP has become the President of Wrestling Federation for the third time. Singh had joined BJP for the first time in 1988. After which contested the Lok Sabha elections in 1991 and won. But due to controversies in between, he left the party. In 2009 he won the election from Kaisarganj on SP ticket.

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Ranchi slap incident

Tokyo Olympics bronze medalist Bajrang Punia said the federation is being run in an arbitrary manner and will not participate in any international event until the WFI president is removed. Earlier, BJP MP was also in discussion regarding a slap incident in Ranchi. Reportedly, Singh had lost his temper during the National Wrestling Championship being held in Ranchi and had slapped a young wrestler on the stage. The video of slapping the young wrestler also went viral in no time.

Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh also had a spat with Raj Thackeray during protest. Then MNS chief Raj Thackeray had talked about coming to visit Ramlala in Ayodhya. But the MP of Kaisarganj strongly opposed him. He advised Thackeray not to come to Ayodhya. During this, the posts in Ayodhya were also discussed a lot.

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