New Delhi: Regarding former cricketer and BCCI president Sourav Ganguly’s assertion concerning the wrestlers’ protest, world championships and Commonwealth Games medalist Vinesh Phogat mentioned on Saturday mentioned that if the cricketer needs to assist them of their pursuit of justice, he can come to Jantar Mantar as an athlete and perceive their points. Wrestlers are staging a protest demanding the arrest of Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) president Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh and his removing from the put up following allegations of sexual harassment. “If he wants to support us in our pursuit of justice, he can come to Jantar Mantar as an athlete and understand everything from us,” mentioned Vinesh to the media.
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Former Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) president Sourav Ganguly on Friday mentioned wrestlers have introduced plenty of accolades to the nation and hoped that the matter between protesting grapplers and the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) shall be resolved quickly.
Students from all throughout delhi known as for a protest in our solidarity. They have been manhandled and detained by the police. The feminine college students have been threatened and harassed by police underneath the detention however they are going to proceed to battle for us. #wrestlersprotest #istandwithchampions pic.twitter.com/lUPWTFP6gX
— Sakshee Malikkh (@SakshiMalik) May 3, 2023
“Let them fight their battle. I really don’t know what’s happening there, I just read in the newspapers. I realised one thing in the sports world, that you don’t talk about things which you don’t have complete knowledge of. I hope it gets resolved. Wrestlers bring a lot of accolades to the country and hopefully, it will be resolved,” Ganguly mentioned at an occasion.
Wrestlers shall be taking out a candle march on 7 pm on Sunday as part of their protest in opposition to the Wrestling Federation of India and its president Brijbhushan Sharan Singh.
Vinesh Phogat additionally mentioned, “The further course of action is being discussed with our legal team. They will decide what to do next.”
Earlier, on Friday, Union Sports Minister Anurag Thakur mentioned the Delhi Police was conducting an unbiased investigation in opposition to the wrestling federation chief and have been working to fulfill the calls for of the protesting grapplers.
#WeWantJustice _ https://t.co/3RS4wzAexn
— Vinesh Phogat (@Phogat_Vinesh) May 3, 2023
He additionally urged the grapplers to permit the continuing probe to recover from.
“A demand had been put forward to form a committee and a panel was constituted. Two FIRs have also been registered by Delhi Police and Supreme Court also gave its verdict. Delhi Police is conducting a fair investigation,” mentioned the Union Minister.
The Union Minister mentioned that free and truthful elections of the Wrestling Federation of India has been considered and that the Indian Olympic Association is working in direction of it.
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“They asked for a committee, which has been already constituted,” Thakur mentioned on the sidelines of an occasion in Lucknow. On April 23, Bajrang Punia, Vinesh Phogat and Sakshee Mallik returned to the protest web site at Jantar Mantar, claiming that six girls wrestlers, and a minor, filed a sexual harassment criticism in opposition to Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh at Connaught Place Police Station however Delhi Police didn’t register an FIR at the moment. The protesting grapplers additionally demanded that the Sports Ministry make the findings of the Oversight Committee public.
On Wednesday, the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) president PT Usha met the protesting wrestlers at Jantar Mantar. Usha, a retired Indian monitor and discipline athlete and a Rajya Sabha MP, had earlier ruffled feathers along with her remarks that the wrestlers ought to have approached the IOA as an alternative of hitting the streets in opposition to the WFI and its president.
“Indian Olympic Association is having a committee for sexual harassment, instead of going to the streets they (protesting wrestlers) could have come to us earlier but they did not come to IOA. It is not good for sports not only for wrestlers, they should also have some discipline,” the IOA president advised reporters final week, a comment that did not go down properly with the wrestlers.
Three months in the past distinguished wrestlers got here ahead to guide a protest in opposition to the WFI chief, following which the Union Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports introduced the formation of an ‘oversight committee’ to probe allegations in opposition to the WFI, Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh and a few coaches. The protesting wrestlers have made it clear that they will not transfer till they get justice and Brij Bhushan is eliminated because the WFI chief and put behind bars.Â
