Wrestlers protest: The Congress party at the moment (May 18) requested Prime Minister Narendra Modi to break his “silence” on sexual harassment allegations in opposition to BJP MP and WFI president Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, and accused him of trying to save his party’s chief.
India’s high wrestlers, together with Vinesh Phogat, Olympic medallists Bajrang Punia and Sakshi Malik, are staging a sit-in at Jantar Mantar within the nationwide capital, demanding the arrest of Singh for allegedly sexually harassing seven girls grapplers.
In a tweet in Hindi, Congress normal secretary Jairam Ramesh stated, “Sportspersons who have brought laurels to the country by winning medals have been demanding justice for more than four months, but the prime minister is trying to save his MP.”
He urged PM Modi to break his silence on the difficulty.
Randeep Singh Surjewala visits protest website at Jantar Mantar:
Congress normal secretary Randeep Surjewala, who hails from Haryana, additionally visited the protest website and met the grapplers, expressing solidarity with their calls for. Why does the Modi authorities not hear the cries of the daughters of the nation and their pleas for justice, Surjewala stated after assembly the wrestlers.
“I extended full support to the daughters and noted wrestlers who have been protesting for the last 26 days at Jantar Mantar demanding justice for the atrocities committed against them. We are with these daughters with our thoughts, words and deeds in this struggle,” Surjewala stated in a tweet in Hindi.
“My direct question to the prime minister is that the daughters who returned after winning medals, were your family members then. You didn’t hold back in building your image in the whole country by making video calls to them from thousands of miles away,” he stated.
Now they’re sitting a couple of kilometres away out of your residence in dangerous climate for the final 26 days, Surjewala stated.
“Leave alone listening to them, you want to get their peaceful dharna removed through police excesses. Instead of taking action against the accused, why have you kept silent on such a serious matter?” he stated.
“Modi ji, you give the slogan of women empowerment and Beti Padhao-Beti Bachao all over the country. The reality of your slogan is visible at Jantar Mantar for 26 days,” he stated.
Delhi Police on wrestlers protest:
The Delhi Police final Friday knowledgeable a particular courtroom {that a} Special Investigation Team (SIT) has been constituted to probe the allegations of sexual harassment levelled by girls wrestlers in opposition to the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) president.
The submission was made earlier than Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Harjeet Singh Jaspal in response to the courtroom’s earlier order directing the police to file a standing report. The Delhi Police has additionally recorded the assertion of Singh, in addition to the assertion of the WFI’s assistant secretary Vinod Tomar. Last month, the Delhi Police registered two FIRs in opposition to Singh.
The first FIR pertains to allegations levelled by a minor lady which has been registered beneath the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act together with related sections of the Indian Penal Code regarding outraging modesty. The second one has been registered over complaints by adults pertaining to modesty outrage.
(With companies inputs)
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