Edited By: Vivek Ganapathy
Final Up to date: January 19, 2023, 17:28 IST
Prime Indian wrestlers on the protest in opposition to WFI in entrance of the Jantar Mantar (Twitter)
Rio Olympics bronze medallist Sakshi Malik, who’s a part of the wrestlers protesting in opposition to the WFI and its president, stated that the federal government didn’t promise any motion and that they’d solely given assurance which the protestors weren’t pleased with. She additionally went on to request the PM to make sure justice
For a second straight day, elite Indian wrestlers continued their protest in entrance of the Jantar Mantar in opposition to the WFI and the federation’s president Brij Bhusan Sharan Singh.
Massive-name grapplers reminiscent of Vinesh Phogat, Bajrang Punia and Sakshi Malik headlined the protest which shocked the nation as Phogat alleged that the WFI president has been sexually harassing feminine wrestlers.
The wrestlers stated that they may lodge an FIR in opposition to WFI President on Friday if the Federation is just not disbanded.
“As we speak is the 2nd day of protest and we haven’t bought any passable response from the government”, Phogat stated on Thursday.
“We are going to make sure that Brij Bhushan Singh resigns & is jailed. We may also file a case”, the three-time Commonwealth Video games gold medallist Phogat asserted.
Earlier within the day, wrestler and BJP chief Babita Phogat, cousin sister of Vinesh, met the protestors with a message from the federal government and guaranteed that the wrestlers’ calls for can be met.
“I’ll attempt to get the answer. I’m a wrestler first after which a political individual. I do know their ache and I’ll attempt to get the answer that the wrestlers need,” Babita stated.
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Geeta Phogat, the eldest member of the well-known Phogat sisters, a dynastical wrestling household, threw her help behind the wrestlers too.
A bunch of protestors then met with the sports activities secretary receiving a name from the Union Sports activities Ministry.
However Rio Olympics bronze medallist Sakshi Malik stated, “The federal government didn’t promise any motion, they’ve solely given assurance and we’re not pleased with the response, we request PM sir to make sure justice”.
Tokyo Olympics bronze medallist Bajrang Punia revealed that “5-6 girls wrestlers are there with us who’ve confronted these atrocities and we’ve proof to show it.”
The protest took the nation by storm because it garnered widespread consideration to the plight of the wrestlers who had been experiencing remedy of dictatorial nature by the Wrestling Federation of India.
The Delhi Fee for Ladies issued a notification to the Sports activities Ministry and the WFI following the allegations of sexual harassment of girls by the president of the federation.
On Wednesday, the Sports activities Ministry had demanded a response on the identical from the WFI earlier than the completion of 72 hours.
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