Sports Minister Anurag Thakur had on May 31, 2023 requested the protesting wrestlers to not take any step that might undermine sports activities or harm gamers, and stated acceptable motion shall be taken as soon as the probe into their allegations is accomplished.
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Union Sports Minister Anurag Thakur on Thursday (June 1) stated the Centre was sensitively handling the issue of protesting wrestlers, who’re in search of the arrest of outgoing WFI chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh over sexual harassment allegations.
Mr. Thakur, who’s on a go to to Mumbai, instructed reporters that the federal government has accepted the wrestlers’ demand for a committee to probe their allegations and an investigation was underway.
On May 31, 2023, the protesting wrestlers had reached Haridwar to immerse their medals, together with Olympic medals, within the Ganga river as a mark of protest. They defered their plan after the intervention of farmer chief Naresh Tikait.
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Several Olympic and World Championships medal-winning wrestlers, together with Sakshi Malik, Vinesh Phogat, Bajrang Punia and Sangeeta Phogat, have been protesting in New Delhi demanding the arrest of Wrestling Federation of India’s (WFI) outgoing chief and BJP MP Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh for allegedly sexually harassing a number of girls grapplers, together with a minor. The wrestlers lately threatened to immerse their medals within the river Ganga.
“The government is handling the issue of protesting wrestlers sensitively. The wrestlers asked for an FIR which has been filed by the Delhi police. A committee of administrators has been set up by the Wrestling Federation of India as they demanded that its office-bearers shouldn’t be allowed to function,” Mr. Thakur stated.
The Supreme Court has requested the wrestlers to method the Justice of the Peace court docket, he stated.
On Wednesday, Mr. Thakur requested the protesting wrestlers to not take any step that might undermine sports activities or harm gamers, and stated acceptable motion shall be taken as soon as the probe into their allegations is accomplished. He additionally urged the wrestlers to be affected person and place confidence in the apex court docket.
Several political events have stepped up assaults on the federal government over the issue.
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday joined a protest in Kolkata in opposition to the alleged manhandling of wrestlers at New Delhi’s Jantar Mantar on Sunday.
The Congress additionally lashed out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi, asking why he didn’t attraction to the protesting wrestlers to not throw their medals within the Ganga.
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has stated the way in which protesting Indian wrestlers have been handled by the Delhi police over the weekend was “very disturbing” and that allegations by the wrestlers needs to be adopted up on by an unbiased, felony investigation.
