Wrestlers Protest LIVE: The Wrestlers have been requested by Farmer leaders to defer their plans to throw their medals. The leaders have asked the protesting wrestlers to wait for five days. Wrestlers Bajrang Punia, Sakshi Malik and Vinesh Phogat have threatened to fast until death at India Gate as the Wrestlers’ protest takes a fresh […]
Wrestlers Protest LIVE: The Wrestlers have been requested by Farmer leaders to defer their plans to throw their medals. The leaders have asked the protesting wrestlers to wait for five days. Wrestlers Bajrang Punia, Sakshi Malik and Vinesh Phogat have threatened to fast until death at India Gate as the Wrestlers’ protest takes a fresh turn on Tuesday. The decision comes in after India’s top wrestlers were detained by Delhi Police and had FIRs slapped against them. Sakshi Malik, Bajrang Punia and Vinesh Phogat decided to throw their Olympic and world medals in the Ganga at Haridwar. Follow Wrestlers vs Brij Bhushan Singh LIVE Updates on Insidesport.IN
#WATCH | Uttarakhand: Wrestlers reach Haridwar to immerse their medals in river Ganga as a mark of protest against WFI chief and BJP MP Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh over sexual harassment allegations.#WrestlersProtestpic.twitter.com/WKqSJQyaH0
“These medals are our life and soul. After we put it in River Ganga, there would be no meaning for us to live. So we will get to India Gate and sit on a fast unto death,” the wrestlers said in a statement.
#WATCH | Crowd gathers around protesting wrestlers in Haridwar who have come to immerse their medals in river Ganga as a mark of protest against WFI chief and BJP MP Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh over sexual harassment allegations. #WrestlersProtestpic.twitter.com/YhN1oxOFtr
अगर ये नया भारत है जिसमें इस देश के गर्व को अपने खून पसीने से सींचने के बाद दिल्ली पुलिस बेटियों के साथ बर्बरता करे। एक सरकार एक अपराधी के साथ खड़ी हो जाए।मुझे पुराने भारत में ही रहना है।हमेशा अन्याय के खिलाफ बेटी बहन की आवाज बनके खड़े रहेंगे। 💔😢@SakshiMalikpic.twitter.com/yo488eEf9S
— Villager Anuj Tomar (@Da___Engineer) May 30, 2023
Sakshi Malik, a bronze medallist at the 2016 Olympics, said in a statement on her Twitter handle that the wrestlers will go to Haridwar on Tuesday to immerse the medals into the holy river at 6 pm. Tuesday happens to be Ganga Dussera in Haridwar and possibly a day when a lot of people will be there to offer prayers.
A women’s “Mahapanchayat” was being held outside the newly inaugurated Parliament on Sunday as the wrestlers, who had been protesting at the Jantar Mantar, marched there. However, they were stopped by the Delhi Police en route.
Later, the police filed formal complaints against them and cleared the Jantar Mantar protest location. Unprecedented scenes of police dragging the Olympic and world championships medal-winning players were witnessed.
Dismayed to hear about what transpired on the 28th of May with our wrestlers being manhandled. Anything can be resolved through proper dialogue. Hoping for a resolution at the earliest.
“We considered who to return the medals to. Should we give our medals to the President, who is a woman herself? She was barely two kms away from us but said nothing about our plight. Then we thought should we return them to the Prime Minister, who calls us his daughters? But no, not once has he asked us how we have been doing since we started protesting. In fact, the man we are protesting against, Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh was invited to the inauguration of the news Parliament,” the statement said.
