3 months once they ended their sit-in protest following the formation of an oversight committee to analyze the sexual harassment allegations towards Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, Indian wrestlers, together with Bajrang Punia, Vinesh Phogat, and Sakshi Malik, resumed their agitation ultimate week.
On Sunday, they went again to Jantar Mantar and asked PM Narendra Modi for a gathering to speak about the intense accusations towards the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) president.
Neeraj Chopra, India’s lone Olympic gold medalist in monitor and box, joined the wrestlers of their name for motion and demanded that instant motion must be taken within the topic.
“It hurts me to peer our athletes at the streets not easy justice. They have got labored arduous to constitute our nice country and make us proud. As a country, we’re accountable for safeguarding the integrity and dignity of each and every person, athlete or no longer,” he wrote.
“What’s going down must by no means occur. It is a delicate factor and should be handled in an unbiased and clear approach. Pertaining government should take fast motion to be able to make certain that justice is served,” he added.
percent.twitter.com/SzlEhVnjep
— Neeraj Chopra (@Neeraj_chopra1) April 28, 2023
India’s Global Cup-winning former captain Kapil Dev additionally posted a tale on his professional Instagram profile to percentage his enhance for the wrestlers. “Will they ever get justice,” he requested posting an image of a press convention that includes Vinesh Phogat, Bajrang Punia and Sakshi Malik amongst others.
Supply: Kapil Dev’s Instagram Account
Previous, Ravi Dahiya, every other wrestler, expressed enhance for his colleagues. “A military guy and a sportsperson is the pleasure of each and every country, and to recognize them is the country’s responsibility,” he remarked.
#JaiHind ???? percent.twitter.com/L0JQyZaJyF
— Ravi Kumar Dahiya (@ravidahiya60) April 27, 2023
The Delhi Police have additionally gained a notification from the Perfect Courtroom in regards to the petition filed by way of wrestlers towards the WFI leader. The wrestlers filed a writ go well with inquiring for the registration of an FIR towards the pinnacle of WFI for sexually assaulting the feminine wrestlers.
The president of the Indian Olympic Affiliation (IOA) and previous monitor and box athlete, PT Usha, just lately mentioned that sportspersons protesting at the streets amounted to indiscipline and have been tarnishing the picture of the rustic.
Indian wrestlers to start with took section in an illustration at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi on January 19, 2023, calling for the dissolution of the WFI and a police inquiry into the accusations towards its chairperson of sexually abusing feminine athletes. Vinod Tomar, assistant secretary of the WFI was once suspended on account of the protest.
Anurag Thakur, the Union Minister of Sports activities had met the wrestlers and introduced the introduction of an oversight committee to seem into the accusations. The IOA established a seven-member committee underneath the management of M C Mary Kom to seem into the allegations earlier than the wrestlers determined to finish their protest.
IOA has no longer completed its probe into the accusations and the panel’s findings have no longer but been made public. Now, the wrestlers have returned to Jantar Mantar to renew their agitation after 3 months, on April 23.