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‘True face exposed’: Opposition slams BJP after Brij Bhushan Singh cleared in wrestlers' sexual harassment case

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  1. Delhi's Rouse Avenue Court acquitted Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh and co-accused Vinod Tomar in a sexual harassment case filed by six women wrestlers.

  2. Vinesh Phogat stated that the wrestlers who filed the case will appeal against the court's decision.

  3. Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi criticized the BJP, saying they talk about women empowerment but act otherwise.

  4. Congress MP Shashi Tharoor said the process of justice should be allowed to function and appealed to see what the next stage produces.

  5. Maharashtra Congress chief Harshvardhan Sapkal said the acquittal exposes the 'true face' of the BJP and called the government 'deaf, mute, and blind'.

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