New Delhi: Farmer leader Naresh Tikait arrived in Haridwar on Tuesday and stopped wrestlers from immersing their medals in the Ganges river – a mark of protest against WFI chief and BJP MP Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh over sexual harassment allegations. Tikait took the medals from the wrestlers and sought five days to resolve their issues. Heart-wrenching visuals from Haridwar showed Tikait and other farmer leaders taking medals from the protesting wrestlers and assuring them of their full support.
#Watch , Naresh Tikait reached Haridwar where wrestlers have gathered to immerse their medals in the river Ganges as a mark of protest against WFI chief and BJP MP Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh over allegations of sexual harassment. He took medals from the wrestlers and spent five days… pic.twitter.com/tDPHRXJq0T– ANI (@ANI) May 30, 2023
Khap meeting tomorrow: Tikait
Naresh Tikait also made big allegations saying that instead of resolving the issue of wrestlers, the central government is trying to save the WFI chief. “The entire Indian government is protecting one person (WFI chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh). Tomorrow there will be a khap meeting,” Tikait said.
Will throw medals in the Ganges: Wrestlers
In a new twist to the ongoing wrestlers’ protest in the national capital, India’s star wrestlers Sakshi Malik, Bajrang Punia and Vinesh Phogat earlier said they would throw their medals in the Ganges river in Haridwar on Tuesday evening. The wrestlers took to Twitter and shared a post about the series of incidents that unfolded in the recent past and how the situation was handled by the authorities. The protesting wrestlers said that they would go to Haridwar at 6 pm on Tuesday and float their medals in the Ganges. He said that after throwing away his medal, he would sit on hunger strike at India Gate.
The wrestlers said in their post, “Whatever happened on 28th May, you saw how the police treated us and the way they arrested us. We were protesting peacefully, we were replaced and the next day Serious matter and FIR registered.” Against us Have the wrestlers committed any crime by demanding justice for the sexual harassment they faced? The police and the system are treating us like criminals, while the oppressor openly mocks us. He is also openly talking about changing POSCO to take action.”
FIR against many wrestlers
Veteran wrestlers including Bajrang Punia, Vinesh Phogat and Sakshi Malik are protesting against Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, accusing him of sexual harassment and demanding his arrest. He also questioned how the female wrestlers had to hide for the whole day.
The wrestlers said, “Yesterday many of our women wrestlers were hiding in the fields. The system should arrest the aggressor, but it is engaged in breaking and intimidating the victimized women to end their protest.” He further said that these medals have no meaning left.
Returning the medal is nothing less than death for us, but how can we live by compromising our self-respect? We don’t need these medals anymore. Said.
“We are going to throw these medals in the Ganges. Our medals which we have earned after hard work are as sacred as the river Ganges. These medals are sacred to the whole nation and the right place to keep the sacred medals is the holy Ganges. May be and it is not our unholy system that plays us up and takes advantage of us to side with our oppressor. The medal is our life, our soul. We will sit on hunger strike at India Gate till death.”
scuffle at jantar mantar
On Sunday, India’s Olympic medalist wrestlers Sakshi Malik, Bajrang Punia along with Vinesh Phogat and Sangeeta Phogat were detained by the Delhi Police as they attempted to march to the new Parliament building, where they had planned to hold a protest.
Delhi Police said that the FIR has been registered under sections 147, 149, 186, 188, 332, 353 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), section 3 of the PDPP Act. Deputy Commissioner of Police Suman Nalwa said, “We provided all possible facilities to the wrestlers who were protesting at Jantar Mantar for the last 38 days. But yesterday despite all requests, they violated the law. They were detained and released by evening.” given.”
The Delhi Police also removed the tents of the wrestlers protesting at Jantar Mantar. “Yesterday, the protesters violated the law despite all requests. Hence, the ongoing dharna has been called off. If the wrestlers apply for dharna again in future, they will be allowed. Jantar Mantar at any other suitable place,” Delhi Police said.
On Sunday, protesting wrestlers trying to march towards the new Parliament from their picket site at Jantar Mantar were stopped and detained by security personnel in Delhi. The Delhi Police had earlier said that “anti-social elements” would not be allowed to enter the national capital to ensure smooth conduct of the inauguration ceremony of the new Parliament building.
Wrestlers had announced that they plan to organize a Mahila Mahapanchayat in front of the new Parliament as part of their protest against Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) president Brij Bhushan, who has been accused of sexually harassing female wrestlers. Is. Seven women wrestlers have filed a police complaint against him.