Bajrang turned down offer to join Congress to contest Raj elections
Hindustan Times|December 23, 2023
Days after India's top wrestlers halted their months-long sit-in protest against former Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh in July, Olympic bronze medallist Bajrang Punia was approached by the Congress to fight the assembly elections from Rajasthan.
- Sunetra Choudhury
Bajrang turned down offer to join Congress to contest Raj elections

A meeting happened in July in Jaipur, according to two people aware of details. At the time, Bajrang and wrestlers Sakshi Malik and Vinesh Phogat were making an impassioned plea for action against Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) member of Parliament Brij Bhushan, who they said used his position as WFI head to sexually harass several women. Punia and the others sat on dharna at Jantar Mantar through Delhi's extreme heat -- until June 26, when the Union the government ordered a police probe and promised action.

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