Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) president Brij Bhushan Singh, who has been asked to step aside till a probe committee submits its report into allegations of sexual harassment and intimidation against him, on Saturday was chief guest at a wrestling competition event in Uttar Pradesh's Gonda.

Singh, the BJP MP from the Lok Sabha constituency of Kaiserganj in Uttar Pradesh inaugurated the Senior National Senior Open National Ranking Tournament that began at the Nandini Nagar Stadium in Gonda. He was welcomed by officials and garlanded before being ushered to the stage. Visuals from the event showed him watching the ongoing matches.