On December 22 last year, protesting against the election of a close aide of BJP MP Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh charged with sexual harassment of women wrestlers as president of the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI), Olympian Bajrang Punia had left his Padma Shri on the footpath and walked away.
Electing Mr Singh demonstrated the mindset that had earlier resisted the protest against the former WFI chief until the Supreme Court ordered cops to file an FIR against the latter
Wrestling Federation of India :At the centre of the huge row surrounding the Wrestling Federation of India, BJP MP Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh said he will never contest the wrestling body's polls again and distanced himself from new WFI president.