Last Updated: May 03, 2023, 06:22 IST
India’s prime wrestlers have levelled sexual harassment allegations towards the WFI chief. (AFP Photo)
Meanwhile, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Parvesh Sahib Singh Verma alleged that the AAP has plans to hijack the wrestlers’ protest
The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has stated representatives of 360 villages in Delhi, together with MLAs and councillors, will go to Jantar Mantar on Wednesday to categorical solidarity with the wrestlers staging a protest, demanding the arrest of the wrestling federation chief over sexual harassment prices.
Meanwhile, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Parvesh Sahib Singh Verma alleged that the AAP has plans to hijack the wrestlers’ protest.
Addressing a press convention right here on Tuesday, AAP’s Delhi unit convenor Gopal Rai stated the wrestlers who introduced fame for the nation have been braving opposed climate situations.
The wrestlers have been staging a sit-in since April 23 over allegations of sexual harassment towards Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) president Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, a BJP MP from Uttar Pradesh.
“They sat there in heavy rains on Monday. The prime minister has no time to listen to them. The Supreme Court had to direct that an FIR be registered. Even the sports minister is not ready to hear their pleas,” Rai stated.
He accused the BJP of maligning the protesting wrestlers.
“They (BJP leaders) are trying to malign the movement. They (wrestlers) were not allowed to put up tents. They were not allowed to install a microphone system. The whole nation is watching. People are supporting them over social media and they are also reaching Jantar Mantar,” Rai stated.
Recalling how efforts had been made to crush the farmers’ motion towards three agriculture legal guidelines of the Centre, he stated the BJP-led Union authorities had to bow down earlier than the protesters and repeal the contentious farm legal guidelines.
“On Wednesday, representatives of 360 villages, including councillors and MLAs, will visit Jantar Mantar at 11 am to support the protesting wrestlers. A strategy for the movement will also be chalked out. The voices of these players will reach every village,” the AAP chief stated.
The protesters have been demanding felony motion towards Singh for the alleged sexual harassment and intimidation of seven feminine wrestlers, together with a minor.
In a tweet in Hindi, Verma stated, “Big news: At the behest of Arvind Kejriwal, Saurabh Bharadwaj held a meeting at 9 am on Tuesday with Aadil Khan, Durgesh, Neeraj and Sandeep. There is a plan to hijack the dharna of players. Adil has been assigned the task of buying clothes for mats, tents and turbans. After Shaheen Bagh, this. Kejriwal is behind all this.”
The Delhi Police filed two FIRs towards the WFI president on Friday on allegations of sexual harassment levelled towards him by the wrestlers. The protesting wrestlers had moved the Supreme Court in search of the registration of FIRs towards the WFI chief.
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