Wrestlers protest: Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) has known as a khap mahapanchayat assembly in Muzaffarnagar district of Uttar Pradesh today to focus on ongoing wrestlers’ protest, who’ve levelled sexual harassment expenses towards embattled WFI chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh. The representatives of khaps from Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Punjab, Rajasthan and Delhi will take part in the assembly today.
The assembly has been known as to focus on the longer term plan of action to get justice for the wrestlers. The mahapanchayat has been known as two days after farmer chief Naresh Tikait satisfied wrestlers to hold off on immersing their medals in the Ganga in Haridwar.
SKM calls nationwide protest
Apart from this, the farmers’ outfit Samyukta Kisan Morcha has additionally known as for nationwide demonstrations today in help of wrestlers. The Samyukta Kisan Morcha, in an announcement, stated it has given the decision for the nationwide agitation “to secure the democratic right to protest by the Indian wrestlers” and all different sections of society and to “demand the arrest of BJP MP Brij Bhushan Saran Singh”.
The Morcha will coordinate with platforms of commerce unions, girls, youth, college students and all different sections, together with intellectuals, to stage demonstrations throughout India, it stated.
Haryana Congress Legislature get together passes decision
Meanwhile, the Haryana Congress Legislature get together on Wednesday handed a decision condemning the “atrocities” on protesting wrestlers by the BJP authorities. According to the assertion, at the start of the assembly, “a resolution was passed condemning the atrocities being committed on the wrestlers by the BJP government”.
“It was said in the resolution that the present government is insulting sportspersons who raised the prestige of the country and brought glory to the nation. “The decision said that the silence of the BJP-JJP authorities of Haryana in this matter is extremely condemnable. The Congress reiterated that it stands firmly with the wrestlers of the nation and can help them at each step in this wrestle for justice,” the assertion stated.
The wrestlers, who had been protesting at Jantar Mantar since April 23 looking for the arrest of Singh, had been faraway from the location by the Delhi Police on Sunday after they tried to march to the brand new Parliament constructing that was inaugurated the identical day. They had been detained and later let off.
The wrestlers then introduced they might immerse their medals in the river in Haridwar as a mark of protest to demand motion towards Singh. But the wrestlers didn’t perform the risk after farmer leaders sought 5 days’ time from them to resolve the problem.
(With PTI inputs)
