Protesting wrestlers halt plan to immerse medals in Ganga, give five-day deadline

By ANI

HARIDWAR: Protesting wrestlers, gathered at Uttarakhand’s Haridwar to immerse their medals in river Ganga, as a mark of protest in direction of WFI chief and BJP MP Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh over sexual harassment allegations, on Tuesday decided to halt their plan after farmer chief Naresh Tikait intervened and sought a five-day time from the protesting grapplers.

Tikait took medals from the wrestlers and sought a five-day time from them.

Olympic medalist wrestlers Bajrang Punia and Sakshi Malik along with Vinesh Phogat, who’ve accused the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh of sexual harassment and are demanding his arrest, reached Uttarakhand’s Haridwar to immerse their all medals along with Olympic medals inside the river Ganga on Tuesday night time, as a mark of their protest.

A big crowd is present as a result of the wrestlers have been seen huddled collectively to immerse their medals which they’ve achieved after loads laborious work. Women wrestlers have been sitting on the underside and have been emotional.

Earlier, the wrestlers took to Twitter and shared a put up regarding the chain of events which have unfolded in newest days and one of the best ways authorities handled the state of affairs.

The protesting wrestlers talked about that they will go to Haridwar and throw their medals inside the Ganga at 6 pm on Tuesday. They talked about they’re going to sit on a hunger strike at India Gate after throwing their medals.

In their put up, the wrestlers talked about, “You saw everything that happened on May 28, how police treated us and the way they arrested us. We were protesting peacefully, our place has been taken away and the next day serious cases and FIR were filed against us. Have the wrestlers committed any crime by demanding justice for the sexual harassment that happened to them? The police and the system are treating us like criminals, while the oppressor is taking jibe moving freely. He is even openly talking about changing the POSCO Act.”

Several ace grapplers along with Bajrang Punia, Vinesh Phogat and Sakshi Malik have been protesting in direction of the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh accusing him of sexual harassment and demanding his arrest. They moreover went on to question the reality that how the women wrestlers wanted to cowl for the entire day.

“Yesterday, many of our women wrestlers were hiding in the fields. The system should arrest the oppressor but it is engaged in breaking and intimidating the victim women to end their protest,” the grapplers talked about. They extra talked about that these medals are left with no meaning.

“It is not less than death for us thinking of returning medals but how can we live compromising our self-respect? We don’t need these medals anymore. If we speak against exploitation, they prepare to put us in jail,” the wrestlers talked about.

“We are going to shed these medals in the Ganga. Our medals which we earned after hard work are as sacred as River Ganga. These medals are sacred for the entire country and the right place to keep the sacred medal can be holy Ganga and not our unholy system which masquerades us and stands with our oppressor after taking advantage of us. The medal is our life, our soul. We will sit on hunger strike at India gate till death,” the wrestlers added.

On Sunday, India’s Olympic medallist wrestlers Sakshi Malik, Bajrang Punia along with Vinesh Phogat and Sangeeta Phogat have been detained by Delhi Police whereas attempting to march to the model new Parliament establishing the place they consider to stage an illustration.FIR has been filed beneath Indian Penal Code (IPC) sections 147, 149, 186, 188, 332, 353, Section 3 of the PDPP Act, talked about Delhi Police.

HARIDWAR: Protesting wrestlers, gathered at Uttarakhand’s Haridwar to immerse their medals in river Ganga, as a mark of protest in direction of WFI chief and BJP MP Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh over sexual harassment allegations, on Tuesday decided to halt their plan after farmer chief Naresh Tikait intervened and sought a five-day time from the protesting grapplers.

Tikait took medals from the wrestlers and sought a five-day time from them.

Olympic medalist wrestlers Bajrang Punia and Sakshi Malik along with Vinesh Phogat, who’ve accused the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh of sexual harassment and are demanding his arrest, reached Uttarakhand’s Haridwar to immerse their all medals along with Olympic medals inside the river Ganga on Tuesday night time, as a mark of their protest.googletag.cmd.push(function() googletag.present(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );

A big crowd is present as a result of the wrestlers have been seen huddled collectively to immerse their medals which they’ve achieved after loads laborious work. Women wrestlers have been sitting on the underside and have been emotional.

Earlier, the wrestlers took to Twitter and shared a put up regarding the chain of events which have unfolded in newest days and one of the best ways authorities handled the state of affairs.

The protesting wrestlers talked about that they will go to Haridwar and throw their medals inside the Ganga at 6 pm on Tuesday. They talked about they’re going to sit on a hunger strike at India Gate after throwing their medals.

In their put up, the wrestlers talked about, “You saw everything that happened on May 28, how police treated us and the way they arrested us. We were protesting peacefully, our place has been taken away and the next day serious cases and FIR were filed against us. Have the wrestlers committed any crime by demanding justice for the sexual harassment that happened to them? The police and the system are treating us like criminals, while the oppressor is taking jibe moving freely. He is even openly talking about changing the POSCO Act.”

Several ace grapplers along with Bajrang Punia, Vinesh Phogat and Sakshi Malik have been protesting in direction of the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh accusing him of sexual harassment and demanding his arrest. They moreover went on to question the reality that how the women wrestlers wanted to cowl for the entire day.

“Yesterday, many of our women wrestlers were hiding in the fields. The system should arrest the oppressor but it is engaged in breaking and intimidating the victim women to end their protest,” the grapplers talked about. They extra talked about that these medals are left with no meaning.

“It is not less than death for us thinking of returning medals but how can we live compromising our self-respect? We don’t need these medals anymore. If we speak against exploitation, they prepare to put us in jail,” the wrestlers talked about.

“We are going to shed these medals in the Ganga. Our medals which we earned after hard work are as sacred as River Ganga. These medals are sacred for the entire country and the right place to keep the sacred medal can be holy Ganga and not our unholy system which masquerades us and stands with our oppressor after taking advantage of us. The medal is our life, our soul. We will sit on hunger strike at India gate till death,” the wrestlers added.

On Sunday, India’s Olympic medallist wrestlers Sakshi Malik, Bajrang Punia along with Vinesh Phogat and Sangeeta Phogat have been detained by Delhi Police whereas attempting to march to the model new Parliament establishing the place they consider to stage an illustration.FIR has been filed beneath Indian Penal Code (IPC) sections 147, 149, 186, 188, 332, 353, Section 3 of the PDPP Act, talked about Delhi Police.