BJP MP and Wrestling Federation of India chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, who has been accused of sexual harassment by seven ladies wrestlers, on Tuesday sought to equate grappler Vinesh Phogat with Manthara, a personality within the Hindu epic Ramayana.
The Ramayana says Manthara, who was queen Kaikeyi’s maid, satisfied her the throne of Ayodhya belonged to her son Bharat and that her step son and crown-prince Ram must be exiled from the dominion.
“The position that Manthara-Kaikeyi performed within the Treta yug, equally Vinesh Phogat is taking part in the position of Manthara for me,” Singh informed a public assembly right here.
He added that earlier hundreds of wrestlers have been staging protests in opposition to him, however now solely three husband-wife pairs are left. There is no such thing as a seventh, he stated. “The day the outcomes are out, I’ll thank Manthara additionally.”
The Delhi Police has registered two FIRs in opposition to Singh after he was accused of sexual harassment by ladies wrestlers, and is probing the case.
“The wrestlers who have been staging protests, they haven’t been capable of inform until right this moment, what occurred with them, when, the place and the way,” Singh stated.
Singh stated he’s going through issues resulting from these allegations of sexual harassment as former US President Donald Trump, who has been accused of abuse by a number of ladies, did.
“I’m saying this conspiracy isn’t of right this moment. It has been occurring for a lot of days, however one thing good will occur via this. Solely God is aware of how I’m surviving,” he stated.
“It is a case of fine touch-bad contact. False allegations have been levelled on me. The God has made me a medium to combat in opposition to these allegations. It’s because the God himself by no means seems. He makes somebody a medium. In the identical method, the God has made me the medium to combat these allegations.”
On Sunday, Singh had stated he is able to bear a narco check offered wrestlers Vinesh Phogat and Bajrang Punia take it too.
Distinguished wrestlers, together with Vinesh Phogat, Bajrang Punia and Sakshi Malik, have been protesting at Delhi’s Jantar Mantar since April 23, accusing the Kaiserganj MP of sexual exploitation.
The Sports activities Ministry has cancelled all actions of the wrestling federation until the investigation into the allegations of the wrestlers is accomplished.
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