Bajrang Punia, Olympic medallist and face of the Wrestlers Protest, returned his Padma Shri award to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday. In a letter to the PM posted on social media web site X (previously Twitter), Bajrang mentioned that he can’t reside the ‘respect’ given by the federal government of India at a time when girls wrestlers have been insulted. Bajrang’s choice to return the medal has come a day after Sanjay Singh was eleced because the chairman of the Wreslting Federation of India (WFI). Sanjay occurs to be a detailed aide of the previous WFI chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, whom the feminine wrestlers had accused of sexual harassment amongst different issues.
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The wrestlers protest had began in January and Bajrang talked about the timeline of the occasions that unfolded after they first started the sit-in. The bronze medal winner from Tokyo Olympics 2021 wrote that regardless of many guarantees made to them by sports activities minister and residential minister, nothing was performed to cease Brij Bhushan from staying related in India’s wrestling.
Bajrang additionally informed the PM through the letter than the police didn’t even write an FIR towards Brij Bhushan and that they needed to knock the doorways of the courts in India to get it performed. The male wrestler mentioned that he jumped in to the protest considering justice can be served quickly however nothing of that kind occurred. He mentioned that protesting wrestlers had returned house when the federal government had reached out to them, promising help however even an FIR was not registered towards the accused for 3 months.Â
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Bajrang wrote that the numbers of the those that had accused Brij Bhushan of misconduct got here right down to 7 right now from 19 in January this yr as Brij Bhushan used his energy to instill worry of their hearts.
On Thursday, the identical day Sanjy Singh turned the brand new WFI president, Bajrang together with feminine wrestlers Sakshi Malik and Vinesh Phogat organised a press convention in Delhi. While talking to the media, Rio Olympics medallist Sakshi introduced her retirement and put her wrestling boots on the desk after which she began to cry inconsolably.
The wrestlers are upset with Brij Bhushan’s shut aide coming into the facility. Right after Sanjay turned the brand new president, Brij Bhushan commented, “Dabdaba Tha,,,Dabdaba Rahega (There was dominance and there will be dominance).” Bajrang introduced the identical remark in his letter to PM, underlining that the identical man continues to rule wrestling in India regardless of change of guards.
In the top of the letter, Bajrang mentioned he can’t reside with the respect given to him in type of Padma Shri when the feminine wrestlers are receiving insult for the final one yr. We ‘revered’ wrestlers couldn’t not do something when the daughters (feminine wrestlers), who had been imagined to be the model ambassadors of the Beti Bachao Beti Padhao, had been pushed again. I can’t reside with this respect all my life,” wrote Bajrang.
