‘Enough of this interview!’: Brij Bhushan Singh on sexual harassment charges, BJP ticket to son

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“Brij Bhushan jeetenge hee jeetenge (Brij Bhushan will definitely win)!”.

In a brief, heated interview to Sreenivasan Jain, Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh is visibly agitated at being questioned about the charges of sexual harassment against him. Moments before he storms off, the BJP MP and former chief of the Wrestling Federation Of India boldly insists that he will win the case. “Ab bas ho gaya”, he said, cutting off the interview.

The BJP claims women are safer under the Narendra Modi government, simultaneously accusing its political opponents of prioritising appeasement over law and order. But what of the accused sex predators in the BJP’s own backyard, especially in Uttar Pradesh where the party claims crime has been controlled with an iron fist?

In the latest episode of Mandate 2024: Claim vs Reality, Sreenivasan Jain visited Kaiserganj in Uttar Pradesh, where the BJP has fielded Karan Bhushan Singh, the son of Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh.

The half measure is in keeping with the BJP’s wariness in taking tough action against its disgraced MP, right from when the sexual harassment charges against him first surfaced. The BJP’s response to the allegations against Brij Bhushan had prompted street protests last year by the wrestling world’s biggest names. Wrestlers have reacted once again, with anguish on the news of Singh’s son being given the ticket, calling it a win for the BJP strongman.

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