'Black day' for Indian sports: Cong on charge-sheet filed

Press Trust of India

New Delhi

The cry for justice of India's daughters has been "consigned to the dustbin and buried" by the Modi government, the Congress alleged on Thursday after Delhi Police recommended the cancellation of a complaint filed by a minor wrestler against BJP MP and outgoing WFI chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh.

The BJP's new slogan is "Beti Darao, Brij Bhushan Bachao", Congress general secretary Randeep Surjewala said on a day the Delhi Police cited "no corroborative evidence" against Singh, who faces charges of sexual harassment and stalking.

The government had assured the agitating wrestlers that the charge sheet in the case would be filed by June 15, following which they had suspended their stir. Congress general secretary Randeep Surjewala said it was a "black day" for sports in the country and alleged that the entire government apparatus has been pressed into service to save Bhushan, who has been accused of sexual exploitation by women wrestlers.

"The Real Slogan is 'scare daughters, save Brij Bhushan'. Today is a 'black day' for Indian Sports. Today, Law of the land has crumbled and been crushed under the bulldozer of BJP's politics. Today, 'cry for justice' of India's daughters has been consigned to dustbin and buried by Modi Government," he said on Twitter.

 "Today, the entire Government apparatus has been pressed into service to save the 'dictator's' favourite, one who is accused of sexual exploitation of our wrestlers," he added.