Wanted to quit politics in 2014 but continued after Amit Shah insisted, says WFI chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh

UP, 22/5: Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) president and BJP MP from Kaiserganj Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh said that he wanted to quit politics in 2014 but he continued because of Union Home Minister Amit Shah.

The WFI chief wanted to exit the political scene in 2014 but decided to continue as Union Home Minister Amit Shah insisted him to do so as the 2014 Lok Sabha elections were around the corner, according to a report by news agency ANI.

He has been at the centre of a controversy following sexual allegations levelled against him by Indian Olympic wrestlers.

Countering the allegations against him, he said that “if someone decided to speak lies then they can do.”