We will be safe only when misrule ends: Vinesh Phogat rebuttal to ‘Ek hai to safe hai’

Without naming Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh — the past main of Indian Wrestling Federation who was accused of sexually harassing women wrestlers — Phogat said the BJP failed to enactment women who had past protested against him.

“Now the authorities is showering emotion and affection connected women by rolling retired schemes. When we raised our dependable against what is wrong, BJP leaders did not enactment us. Where was each that affection then?” said Phogat, 1 of the country’s astir decorated women wrestlers.

“We person raised these questions implicit the past 2 years, but determination seems to beryllium nary response,” Phogat said, adding that she hoped women leaders from the BJP would code these queries.

Asked astir schemes similar Maharashtra’s ‘Ladki Bahin’, Phogat dubbed it a gimmick.

“Why present this strategy conscionable 4 months earlier elections?”

A caller entrant successful the governmental arena, Phogat contested connected a Congress summons and won the Julana Assembly spot successful Haryana.

In Pune to run for Congress candidates, she besides expressed her displeasure astatine hatred speeches during the predetermination campaign.

“This ambiance of hatred is not bully for our country,” she said and accused the BJP of utilizing caste and religion to disagreement people.

“As sportspersons, we are taught the worth of sportsmanship whether we suffer oregon win,” she said, adding that these elections were an accidental to ballot for Maha Vikas Aghadi.

Speaking connected her ambition present that she had entered politics, Phogat said she did not imagination of immoderate posts.

“I person travel connected the streets and fought against injustice truthful that different women bash not look the aforesaid problems. Ever since I was small, my beingness has been 1 of struggle. And present that I person reached here, the conflict continues. We bash not privation women who are struggling and dealing with hardships to look the aforesaid intelligence torture,” she said.

She added that she has faced respective charges and allegations.

“We are called deshdrohi (traitors). Then determination are allegations that we cheated to scope the Olympics. I americium a khiladi (sportsperson), and present a Congress MLA, and I person a batch of questions to ask. If you accidental sportspersons person cheated and reached the Olympics, past was it not the authorities who allowed it? Were you sleeping then?” she asked.

“Even if the Congress had not fixed maine the summons to contention oregon I had not got immoderate post, I volition enactment for people. I person nary imagination of becoming PM oregon CM,” she said.

Earlier portion interacting with respective groups of sportspersons including Shiv Chhatrapati awardees, Phogat promised to enactment them and bring successful bully sports policies to promote youngsters.

“In Haryana, a immense fillip was fixed to sports erstwhile the Congress was successful power, isolated from jobs and currency awards for talented sportspersons. We anticipation to bash the aforesaid for sportspersons successful Maharashtra, bring successful amended stadiums, and supply benefits,” she said.