After Slamming Wrestlers For Protesting In Streets, IOA President PT Usha Meets Them At Jantar Mantar – Watch

Indian Olympic Association (IOA) president PT Usha met the protesting wrestlers at Jantar Mantar on Wednesday. Usha was noticed engrossed in a severe dialogue with the wrestlers Vinesh Phogat, Sakshi Malik amongst others within the video shared by ANI. The IOA prez reaching the protest web site appears to be step one from the affiliation to guarantee the grapplers of help and assist in their combat for justice towards WFI president Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, who’s accused of sexually harassing seven ladies wrestlers. The former Track and Field India star had earlier slammed the wrestlers for taking to the streets to protest. 

Watch Usha assembly wrestlers at Jantar Mantar under:

What had PT Usha stated?

Usha had stated that wrestlers’ act (to protest at Jantar Mantar) amounted to indiscipline and tarnished the picture of the nation overseas. She had stated, “This amounts to gross indiscipline and tarnishing the image of the country. It sets a bad precedent. Instead of hitting IOA’s Athletes Commission. The commission is headed by MC Mary Kom as chairperson and Achanta Sharath Kamal as vice chairperson.”

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Response from wrestlers to Usha

Sakshi and Vinesh, who the faces of the protest, had slammed Usha for making such an insensitive remark. Sakshi stated that if former athletes couldn’t suppor them, it was a matter of disgrace. “We are significantly better than folks like PT Usha and Mary Kom. If former athletes corresponding to them cannot help us, it is a matter of disgrace. Such adversities give us energy. We don’t desire them to sit down right here with us. We simply need them to be truthful and help us. We have already sacrificed our coaching and sport. But this trigger is greater than all, stated Olympic medallist from Rio 2016. 

Vinesh stated that she anticipated Usha to face along with her fellow feminine athletes throughout this robust time. She added that as residents of the nation, that they had each proper to protest towards a wrongdoing. “Hum road pe nahin hain. Hum apne desh ki zameen pe hain. Yeh hamaara adhikaar hai (We’re not on the streets. We’re on the land of our country. This is our right). As citizens of a democratic nation, it is our right to protest. Until we get justice, we’ll stay here,” Vines had stated.