Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh’s Ayodhya rally postponed amid protests by wrestlers

New Delhi: The Jan Chetna rally to be organized by BJP MP Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh and saints of Ayodhya on June 5 has been ‘postponed’. BJP MP Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, who has been accused of sexually assaulting women wrestlers, posted on social media that a rally in his support in Ayodhya was “postponed for a few days while the police crackdown against him”. Investigating the allegations”. Sources in the Ayodhya administration said the BJP MP did not seek permission for the rally. Instead, a request by a group of saints to hold the meeting was being ‘considered’ when Brij Bhushan announced on social media.

A senior official said that since Section 144 was already in force in Ayodhya, the rally could not be allowed. The proposed rally was widely regarded as a show of strength by Singh, even as his party faced mounting pressure to sack him. Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh had earlier announced that he would address the rally on Monday “with the blessings of sadhus”.

The MP did not specify what caused the change of plan, but his Facebook post came after details of the charges listed in the FIR filed against him by wrestlers, who have been calling for months to remove him as the head of the wrestling federation, emerged. were protesting. of India.

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Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh has denied the allegations, claiming he will ‘hang himself’ if the allegations are proved. In Friday’s post, Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh again claimed that ‘false allegations’ were being leveled against him by political opponents and their parties.

“Served as a member of the Lok Sabha for the last 28 years with your support. I have tried to unite people of all castes, communities and religions, both in power and in the opposition. This is the reason why my political opponents and their parties has made a false allegation.” Me,” he wrote.

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“In the present situation, some political parties are trying to disturb the social harmony by promoting provincialism, regionalism and caste strife through rallies at various places. The aim is that on 5th June in Ayodhya to consider the evil The decision to hold the Sant Sammelan is spreading in the society, but now while the police is probing the allegations and respecting the dire directions of the Supreme Court, the Jan Chetna Maha Rally has been postponed for a few days.

Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh also said that ‘lakhs of supporters and well-wishers from all religions, castes and regions have supported me’. In two FIRs, Singh has been accused of inappropriately touching, groping, asking inappropriate personal questions and demanding sexual favors from female athletes on the pretext of testing their breath.