Eight gold out of 13.

Flanked by five female athletes, "Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday interacted with India's Commonwealth Games 2026 medal winners at his residence and praised the athletes for their dedication, hard work and contribution towards bringing glory to the nation." ANI. Can't miss a free photo op. "Of India's 13 gold medals, eight have been won by women - remarkable testament to the strength, resilience and growing depth of women's sport in the country." "Hon'ble Prime Minister Narendra Modi has consistently encouraged women athletes, celebrating their achievements and urging young girls to pursue excellence in sport." olympic.india.in. In the midst of all this nauseating attempts at cheap publicity, "A Delhi court, acquitted Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh and Vinod Tomar after finding material contradictions in the prosecution's case and holding that the charges were not proved beyond reasonable doubt." "The court went on to observe that the allegations appeared to be 'false and fabricated' and formed part of a 'deep conspiracy which seems to be politically motivated'." The charges were brought by six female wrestlers. Athletes? Mr Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh has been a six-times Member of Parliament for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and is known as a bahubali (strong-armed) in his region in Uttar Pradesh (UP). wikipedia. The BJP won an overwhelming majority with 255 seats out of a total of 403 seats in the assembly elections in UP in 2022. wikipedia. Two of the complainants turned hostile. "Nowadays, the main cause for the high acquittal rate in our criminal justice system is due to the witness turning hostile." "The main reasons behind this are the money and muscle power, intimidation and monetary inducement." iils.india.com. One hostile witness "had explicitly stated that 'no untoward incident had taken place' and that she had signed the original complaint 'under the pressure and on behest of two other complainants'." The Print. Oh dear! This woman had been arm-twisted against poor Mr Bahubali. The conspiracy was very deep indeed. In December 2025, "The Supreme Court has put on hold a controversial order that had suspended the life sentence of of a former lawmaker convicted of raping a teenager. Kuldeep Singh Sengar, formerly of the BJP, was found guilty in 2019 under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (Pocso) Act." BBC. "On 5 April 2018, the woman's father was arrested and placed in judicial custody, allegedly after he was assaulted by supporters of Sengar. A medical examination found injuries consistent with his having been beaten." On 9 April, the father died in hospital. "On 28 July 2019, the rape victim and her lawyer were seriously injured and two of her family members died when a truck struck their car. The truck had blackened license plates." wikipedia. It is not safe to accuse any BJP politician, with or without strong arms. Early this month, "BJP distanced itself Thursday from slogans raised by some of its workers during 'celebrations' marking the seventh anniversary of Article 370's abrogation the previous day after backlash over their alleged anti-women content." TOI. After the student protests at Jantar Mantar in Delhi from 5 June to 25 July 2026 (wikipedia), on 26 July, "TG Mohandas, a Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) ideologue, who has served as convenor of the BJP's intellectual cell in Kerala, said "the women would be 'gang-raped' and no complaints would follow as 'the women there would enjoy it." "Some women liked being raped, especially leftists, secular, Democratic and proletarians," he said. The Wire. Not much different from ISIS. "One should remember that enslaving the families of the kuffar - the infidels - and taking their women as concubines is a firmly established aspect of Shariah, or Islamic law," the group announced in the ISIS publication the 'Dabiq'. CNN. "The evolution of Hindutva in politics is the antidote to the creation of vote banks and appeasement of sectional interests. Hindutva means justice for all." bjp.org. Not for victims of rape or sexual assault, obviously. Photo ops only.