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The Economic Times
The Economic Times

Sexual harassment allegations politically motivated, says Brij Bhushan after acquittal

Gonda/Ayodhya: Former Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) chief and BJP leader Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh on Thursday termed the sexual harassment allegations levelled against him by six women wrestlers as politically motivated, saying the controversy was confined to allegations of "good touch" and "bad touch" and nothing beyond that.

Addressing the "Satyamev Jayate" felicitation programme at Nandini Nagar College in Gonda after his acquittal by a Delhi court, 69-year-old Singh said, "I did not pull anyone's sari. There may have been physical contact while putting medals around the wrestlers' necks, which created a storm. The allegations against me were politically motivated."

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