Wrestlers Protest: Khap Panchayat To Hold Candle March At India Gate On May 23 | India News

Rohtak: Hours after a Khap Panchayat in Haryana’s Rohtak, the leaders on Sunday introduced a candle march on the India Gate on May 23 adopted by one other ‘maha panchayat’ on May 28. The ‘Khap Panchayat’ was organized by the farmer leaders in help of the protesting wrestlers in Delhi towards the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) President Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh.

Farmer chief and nationwide spokesperson of Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) Rakesh Tikait stated that identical to the ‘Farmers Protest’, this protest will even go on for very lengthy. Speaking to the reporters, Rakesh Tikait stated, “The committee has deliberate a candle march on March 3 at India Gate at 5 pm. On May 28, there can be one other assembly. I urge increasingly more individuals to take part in it.

“Just like the Farmers’ Protest, this (Wrestler’s Protest) will also go for very long,” Tikait added. Several ace grapplers together with Bajrang Punia, Vinesh Phogat and Sakshee Mallik have been protesting on the Jantar Mantar accusing the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh of sexual harassment and demanding his arrest.

On May 19, the wrestlers had marched from Jantar Mantar to Bangla Sahib Gurudwara in New Delhi on their twenty fifth day of protest towards Brij Bhushan. (*23*) together with Punia, Sakshi, Vinesh and others joined the march demanding the arrest of the WFI chief charged with sexual harassment of athletes. Two separate FIRs had been registered on April 28 following the Supreme Court’s discover to Delhi Police into the plea filed by the wrestlers.

On April 24, The Union Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports introduced that the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) can be forming an ad-hoc committee to conduct the elections for the Executive Committee of the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) inside 45 days of its formation, to handle day-to-day affairs of the physique, together with the collection of athletes and making entries for the participation of gamers in worldwide occasions. This committee can be functioning for an interim interval until a brand new Executive Committee takes cost.