Top wrestlers criticise Brij Bhushan’s son getting BJP ticket for Lok Sabha polls
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Olympic wrestlers criticize BJP for fielding son of accused sexual harasser in national elections, sparking controversy.
Top Olympic wrestlers have criticised BJP for fielding the son of their former federation chief in national elections, despite his father being charged with sexually harassing female wrestlers.
Scores of wrestlers came out in protest last year seeking criminal action against Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, a BJP MP.
A trial court admitted a case of sexual harassment and intimidation against Singh, who has denied wrongdoing and is currently on bail.
In the long general election, Singh’s son Karan is standing as a BJP candidate in his father’s Kaiserganj seat in the politically crucial Uttar Pradesh state, a seat Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh has previously won six times.
“Daughters of the country have lost, Brij Bhushan won,” said Sakshi Malik, a 2016 Rio Olympics bronze medallist, in a social media post on Thursday. “By giving an election ticket to his son, they have shattered the aspirations of the country’s millions of daughters.”
BJP national spokespersons did not immediately respond to Reuters requests for comment.
The countrymen are voting in a seven-phase parliamentary election that began on April 19 and ends on June 1, with Mr. Modi widely tipped to win a third term when results are announced on June 4.
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