Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) chief and BJP MP Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, who is facing allegations of sexual harassment by women wrestlers, on Friday said he would organise a rally at Gonda in Uttar Pradesh on June 11 to mark nine years of the Narendra Modi government.
Mr. Singh appealed to his supporters, workers, BJP office-bearers, block chiefs, presidents of municipalities, councillors, district panchayat members, district panchayat presidents and MLAs to join the rally, which is being seen as a show of strength after his earlier proposed ‘Jan Chetna Maharally’ at Ayodhya on June 5 was postponed. Madhya Pradesh Higher Education Minister Mohan Yadav will be the chief guest at the event.
On June 2, Mr. Singh announced the postponement of the rally at Ayodhya, citing the police investigation into the allegations against him and the “serious directions of the Supreme Court”.
Circle Officer (Ayodhya) Shailendra Pratap Gautam told The Hindu that the venue had been booked for another event and hence it could not be given to the organisers of the Jan Chetna Maharally.
