{"id":18503,"date":"2026-08-31T08:18:39","date_gmt":"2026-08-31T08:18:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/?p=18503"},"modified":"2026-08-31T08:18:39","modified_gmt":"2026-08-31T08:18:39","slug":"they-made-me-famous-brij-bhushan-on-wrestlers-who-accused-him-chandigarh-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/?p=18503","title":{"rendered":"\u2018They made me famous\u2019: Brij Bhushan on wrestlers who accused him | Chandigarh News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-articlebody=\"1\"><video-embed value=\"false\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"ihgno clearfix  \">\n<div class=\"e9jwa\">\n<div class=\"vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"GfdvZ\">\n<section class=\"_bIDB  clearfix id-r-component leadmedia undefined undefined  E9tg9 \" style=\"top:0px\">\n<div class=\"_bIDB\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\n<div class=\"ypVvZ\">\n<div class=\"WGttI\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/msid-133640255,imgsize-126353,width-400,height-225,resizemode-75\/in-a-recent-statement-brij-bhushan-sharan-singh-highlighted-the-national-recognition-he-gained-from-the-allegations.jpg\" alt=\"\u2018They made me famous\u2019: Brij Bhushan on wrestlers who accused him\" title=\"In a recent statement, Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh highlighted the national recognition he gained from the allegations.\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Ta7d_ img_cptn\"><span title=\"In a recent statement, Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh highlighted the national recognition he gained from the allegations.\">In a recent statement, Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh highlighted the national recognition he gained from the allegations.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>MAHENDRAGARH: <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/bjp\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">BJP<\/a> functionary and former Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) chief <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/brij-bhushan-sharan-singh\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh<\/a> on Sunday said allegations of molestation by women wrestlers made him a nationally recognised figure and boosted his popularity in <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/haryana\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Haryana<\/a>.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"8\"\/>Singh was acquitted by a Delhi court on Aug 3 in the sexual harassment case filed by six women wrestlers.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"10\"\/>Congress MLA and CWG gold medallist <!-- -->Vinesh Phogat<!-- -->, one of the complainants, had earlier said that the wrestlers were \u201cdeeply saddened\u201d by the verdict and had instructed their lawyers to appeal at the earliest.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"14\"\/>Speaking at a felicitation ceremony for international kabaddi player Sachin Tanwar in Patheda village near here, Singh said, \u201cNobody invites them anymore. <!-- -->They made me famous, so there is no reason for me to be angry with them.\u201d<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"19\"\/>Referring to the wrestlers being honoured at public programmes earlier and receiving lakhs of rupees, he said their circumstances had changed.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"21\"\/>Drawing a Ramayana analogy, Singh said Kaikeyi had become an important part of the story through which Lord Ram attained a larger identity, and the allegations had similarly established his name across the country.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"25\"\/>Singh also recalled hardships in his personal life, saying he had faced difficult phases without accepting defeat. \u201cI have lit the funeral pyres of my five brothers and a young son. I have seen my house being demolished before my eyes,\u201d he said.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"27\"\/>He referred to a CBI case dating back to 1996 and alleged that he had been accused of links with underworld figure Dawood Ibrahim, which he denied.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/city\/chandigarh\/they-made-me-famous-brij-bhushan-on-wrestlers-who-accused-him\/articleshow\/133631260.cms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a recent statement, Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh highlighted the national recognition he gained from the allegations. 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