After a backlash over inviting Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, BJP MP, for felicitating wrestlers at Kambala, a buffalo race event being held for the first time in Bengaluru, the organisers said that it was an “oversight” and he will not be attending the event. The MP from Kaiserganj has been accused of sexual assault by women wrestlers.
In the invitation card of the two-day event slated on November 25 and 26, Mr. Singh’s named was mentioned along with those of Kannada actor Darshan Thoodudeepa, National Cooperative Consumers’ Federation of India Ltd. president Vishal Singh, and former Minister Aravind Limbavali. Mr. Singh was invited to facilitate wrestlers who won medals at the national games held in Goa.
Umesh Shetty, former BBMP councillor and organising president of Bengaluru Kambala Committee, told The Hindu: “The main organisers of the sporting event had not invited Mr. Singh, but the wrestlers wanted him to be present to felicitate them. These wrestlers secured the opportunity due to the Wrestlers Federation.”
