Haryana Assembly Elections 2024 | Congress should declare Vinesh its CM face, Brij Bhushan Singh continues tirade against wrestler despite BJP's 'gag order'

Lucknow: Notwithstanding his party's 'gag order', former Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) president Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, who is facing allegations of ''sexually assaulting'' some female wrestlers, continued his tirade against ace wrestler and Congress candidate in Haryana Assembly polls Vinesh Phogat saying that she was a 'dabang' lady and should be declared its CM face by the grand old party.

''Why don't they make her (Vinesh) the CM face of their party? They should go to the polls with her as the CM candidate,'' Singh said in an informal chat with reporters in Gonda on Monday.

''They (Congress) won't get such a dabang lady... she has the capability to hijack the system... she can win a lost wrestling match... she can force the WFI officials out of the Federation... she can stop trials... where will you (reporters) get such a dabang lady?,'' Singh said.

The former BJP Lok Sabha member also said that there was no need for the female wrestlers like Vinesh Phogat to indulge in drama if their ultimate objective was to join Congress and contest elections.

Singh had earlier likened the female wrestlers to 'Draupadi' (a character in Mahabharata who was Pandava's wife), who were used as bait by the Hooda family (Congress leader Deepender Hooda), and said that the country would never 'forgive' him just as the people had not forgiven the 'Pandavas' for using Draupadi as bait.

Singh's tirade against Vinesh came despite reports that the BJP high command had directed the former WFI president not to speak against Vinesh and other wrestlers as it might adversely affect BJP's electoral prospects in the poll bound state.

Singh, who was known to speak his mind even if it was against the party leadership or the BJP government in the state, was not in the habit of following the diktats of the party, BJP leaders here said.

In the past, he had sharply criticised his own government when floods had hit several eastern and central districts in the state, including Gonda, Baharaich, Ayodhya and some other districts.

''The people have been left on the mercy of the god,'' he had then remarked. He had also criticised the use of bulldozers by the state government to demolish the houses of alleged criminals.