Olympic medalist Sakshi Malik has made a big allegation against BJP leader and wrestler Babita Phogat. The witness claimed that Babita herself wanted to become the president of the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) by replacing Brij Bhushan Singh. Therefore he instigated the wrestlers to demonstrate. For this, Babita also held meetings with many wrestlers and requested them to protest against the incidents of harassment and sexual exploitation of women wrestlers within the WFI. There has been an uproar after his clarification. Not only this, Sakshi has also accused the wrestler and his friends Vinesh Phogat and Bajrang Punia, who were involved in the protest, of being selfish during the protest.
Serious allegations have been made against Babita
Last year, Sakshi Malik, along with Vinesh Phogat and Bajrang Punia, opened a front against WFI President Brij Bhushan Singh. The three wrestlers, along with many other wrestlers, protested at Jantar Mantar in Delhi. During this, he made serious allegations of sexual harassment against Brij Bhushan Singh and demanded his removal and investigation. But wrestler and BJP leader Babita Phogat was seen opposing it.
Protest took place at the behest of Babita..!
Now Sakshi has claimed in an interview that this protest was at the behest of Babita. She came to him with a request to oppose herself, but with her own agenda involved. She wanted to replace Brijbhushan Singh and become the president herself. The witness also claimed that it was not Congress but BJP leaders Tirath Rana and Babita who helped the wrestlers get permission to perform in Haryana.
'Babti played mind games with us'
Sakshi further said that she was also aware of this. They did not blindly accept his ideas, but in reality there were serious problems going on in the union, including sexual abuse. She believes that if a woman like Babita Phogat, who has been a player herself, takes charge of the WFI, there will be positive changes in the association. We trusted him but never thought that he would play mind games with us like this. We thought he would sit with us in the protest and support us.
Vinesh-Bajrang exposed!
Sakshi Malik has recently released her book 'Witness'. In this he has exposed his friends Vinesh Phogat and Bajrang Punia. Sakshi has said in her book that the performance of the wrestlers did not benefit due to the selfish decisions of Vinesh and Bajrang.
According to eyewitnesses, during the performance, people present around Vinesh and Bajrang started shouting at them. Because of this, greed overpowered them and both of them accepted the decision of the ad-hoc committee. The decision said that he would be exempted from the trial game. Due to which the performance suffered a lot. Many patrons began to think that this display was being staged for their own greed.