Archive · 18 Aug 2026
Vinesh Phogat Attacks Brij Bhushan, Accuses BJP of Supporting Him
Vinesh Phogat is a wrestler and Congress politician from Haryana.
She criticized Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, a former wrestling federation chief.
She called him a goon and criminal.
She said the BJP supports him despite allegations involving women wrestlers.
She also questioned his wealth and alleged land encroachment in Gonda.
Phogat compared the treatment of wrestlers during protests in 2023 with recent police action against women protesters.
She criticized the BJP’s claims about patriotism and nationalism.
She also objected to an alleged purification of a place visited by Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge.
These are Phogat’s political allegations and criticisms reported in the article.
Congress leader and wrestler Vinesh Phogat called former Wrestling Federation of India chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh a “goon and criminal.”
Phogat accused the Bharatiya Janata Party of supporting Singh despite allegations of harassment and atrocities against women wrestlers.
Speaking in Jind, Haryana, she alleged that Singh had troubled people, encroached on land and accumulated unexplained wealth in Gonda.
Phogat compared police treatment of protesting wrestlers in 2023 with the handling of women protesters at Delhi’s Jantar Mantar.
She also criticized the BJP’s nationalism claims, alleged caste discrimination and remarks attributed to Haryana BJP president Dr Archana Gupta.
- Who
- Congress leader and wrestler Vinesh Phogat criticized former Wrestling Federation of India chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh and the Bharatiya Janata Party.
- What
- Phogat accused Singh of being a goon and criminal and accused the BJP of supporting him despite allegations involving women wrestlers.
- When
- Tuesday; she also referred to the wrestlers’ protests in 2023.
- Where
- Jind, Haryana, with references to Gonda, Delhi’s Jantar Mantar and Uttarakhand.
- Why
- Phogat said she was challenging Singh’s alleged influence and wealth, the BJP’s political positions and its handling of protests and social issues.
- Speaker
- Vinesh Phogat, a Congress leader, wrestler and MLA from Haryana’s Julana constituency
- Target of criticism
- Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, former Wrestling Federation of India chief
- Political party criticized
- Bharatiya Janata Party
- Location of remarks
- Jind, Haryana, during a political programme
- Key allegation
- Phogat alleged that the BJP supports Singh despite allegations of harassment and atrocities against women wrestlers
- Past protests referenced
- The wrestlers’ protest in Delhi in 2023
- Other issues raised
- Alleged land encroachment, unexplained wealth, nationalism claims, caste discrimination and remarks attributed to Dr Archana Gupta