Wrestlers Bajrang Punia, Sakshi Reach Anurag Thakur's Residence For Talks After Late-Night Invite

Days after registering their grievances with Union Home Minister Amit Shah, wrestlers arrived at Sports Minister Anurag Thakur's residence in Delhi.

Bajrang Punia, Sakshi Malik meet Sports Minister Anurag Thakur at his Delhi residence.

Source : PTI

Wrestlers Bajrang Punia, Sakshi Malik and her husband Satyawart Kadian on Wednesday arrived at Minister of Sports and Youth Affairs Anurag Singh Thakur's residence days after meeting Union Home Minister Amit Shah. Notably, Thakur had invited the grapplers to discuss their "issues" with him. The wrestlers have been protesting against WFI chief Brij Bhushan with allegations of sexual harassment against him. 

Delhi | Wrestler Sakshee Malikkh arrives at the residence of Union Sports Minister Anurag Thakur after an invitation from the government for talks with protesting wrestlers pic.twitter.com/iiOKQH5Y8v

— ANI (@ANI) June 7, 2023

"The government is willing to have a discussion with the wrestlers on their issues. I have once again invited the wrestlers for the same," Thakur said in a late-night tweet.

The government is willing to have a discussion with the wrestlers on their issues.

I have once again invited the wrestlers for the same.

— Anurag Thakur (@ianuragthakur) June 6, 2023

BJP MP and WFI President Brij Bhushan is also likely to meet the minister on Wednesday only, though, there is no clarity as to when he might meet him.

Earlier, protesting wrestler Sakshi Malik said the wrestlers would agree to the government proposal only if everyone gave their consent. "It's not that we will listen to just anything that the givernment says and end our protest," she told news agency ANI. "We will discuss the proposal given by the govt with our seniors and supporters. Only when everyone gives their consent that the proposal is fine, then will we agree. It won't happen that we will agree to anything that the government says and end our protest. No time fixed for the meeting yet," she said.

Meanwhile, the farmers' Body Bhartiya Kisan Union called off its June 9 protest after wrestlers met Union Home Minister Amit Shah. Wrestlers demanding a probe against wrestling chief Brij Bhushan, met Shah on Saturday. Several ace grapplers including Bajrang Punia, Vinesh Phogat and Sakshi Malik have been protesting against WFI chief Brij Bhushan Singh accusing him of sexual harassment and demanding his arrest. "They shared their concern with the Home Minister. The meeting was long and he listened to everything. But koi decision nhi hua abhi tak (no decision has been reached so far)," a source close to the wrestlers told IANS.

The Delhi Police on Wednesday recorded statements of associates and workers of Wrestling Federation chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh at his home in Uttar Pradesh's Gonda in connection with the charges of sexual harassment against him by wrestlers. They also said the girl whose statement was the basis of a case being registered against Singh under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act has recorded a fresh statement under the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) section 164.

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