BJP chief J P Nadda on Sunday summoned party MP Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh for a meeting in a bid to defuse the crisis that erupted as some leading wrestlers restarted their protest after people close to Singh took control of the Wrestling Federation of India.
It was only after the nudge from the party leadership that Mr. Singh, who has long run the WFI like a pocket borough, announced that he no longer has anything to do with the Federation, sources said.
“I am now retired. I have a lot of other work. I have to oversee elections [Lok Sabha] too,” Singh, an eastern UP strongman, told reporters after the meeting with Mr. Nadda following the announcement of the suspension of WFI by the Sports Ministry for alleged violation of procedures.
