Immersing your medals in Ganga won’t make court hang me, Brij Bhushan tells wrestlers

He further challenged the wrestlers to present any evidence against him on sexual harassment charges to the court.

Amid the ongoing protest by the wrestlers, WFI chief and BJP MP Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh on Wednesday said that the wrestlers immersing their medals in the Ganga would not make the court "hang" him. He further said that the wrestlers should present evidence against him, and if the allegations are proven, he is ready to accept any punishment.

"Immersing your (wrestlers) medals in Ganga won’t make the court hang me. Present your proof to the court, and if they choose to hang me, I will accept,” WFI chief Brij Bhushan Singh said while addressing a gathering.

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"If a single allegation against me is proven, I will hang myself," Singh added.

He further challenged the protesting wrestlers to present any evidence against him on sexual harassment charges to the court. "I am ready to accept any punishment," he said.

His reaction comes a day after the country's top wrestlers Sakshi Malik, Bajrang Punia and Vinesh Phogat went to Haridwar to immerse their Olympic and world championship medals in the Ganga. However, they halted the plan after farm leaders persuaded them not to take the drastic step.