Wrestlers' Protest LIVE: Farmers Break Through Barricades At Jantar Mantar To Join Protesting Wrestlers
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Farmers break through police barricades as they join protesting wrestlers at Jantar Mantar in Delhi.
The wrestlers are demanding action against WFI chief and BJP MP Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh over allegations of sexual harassment.
Protesting wrestlers hold a candlelight march at Jantar Mantar in Delhi The wrestlers are demanding action against WFI chief and BJP MP Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh over allegations of sexual harassment.
Wrestler Bajrang Punia tweeted, “Take out a candle march in the whole country today at 7 o'clock in the evening, there is an appeal to the entire countrymen that in this fight for the justice of our daughters of India, they will.”
A heavy traffic jam was reportedly seen at the Delhi-Uttar Pradesh border as groups of farmers arrived at Jantar Mantar to support protesting wrestlers.
"The protest will continue till these kids (protesting wrestlers) get justice but how we take it forward, that will be decided by all of us today," says Chaudhary Surender Solanki, Khap president Palam, on maha panchayat at Jantar Mantar today.
Wrestling Federation of India chief and BJP MP Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh on Sunday told PTI, "I will hang myself even if a single allegation against me is proved."
This comes as wrestlers continue their agitation demanding Singh's arrest and sacking from the post of top wrestling body in India.
As khap panchayat leaders from Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, and Haryana are marching to Jantar Mantar on Sunday to extend support to the protesting wrestlers, the Delhi Police has beefed up the security at the protest venue and at borders.
Farmers who were going to Delhi to express solidarity with wrestlers protesting at Jantar Mantar were stopped by the police at the Singhu Border, news agency PTI reported. As many as 24 farmers have been detained.
Last night, the agitating wrestlers alleged that Delhi Police personnel manhandled them at Jantar Mantar.
The Supreme Court has begun hearing petitions filed by female wrestlers seeking action against WFI chief and BJP MP Brijbhushan Sharan Singh.
All roads leading to Jantar Mantar have been closed as wrestler's protest intensify.
The Delhi Police on Thursday morning increased security deployment at Jantar Mantar where a scuffle broke out between the protesting wrestlers and some police personnel, leading to head injuries to a couple of protesters.
Multiple layers of barricades have been put up around the protest site and no one is being allowed in.
A ruckus broke out following a scuffle between Delhi Police and the wrestlers protesting against Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh over charges of sexual harassment, in Jantar Mantar, on Wednesday.
Congress's Navjot Singh Sidhu and Harish Rawat reach Jantar Mantar to extend support to protesting wreslters
The Delhi Police can soon call Wrestling Federation of India chief Brijbhushan Sharan Singh for questioning over allegations of sexual harassment.
Delhi Police begins questioning wrestlers who filed complaints against Wrestling Federation of India president Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh. The police may call Singh soon for questioning in the case
Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, the chief of the Wrestling Federation of India, who is facing sexual harassment allegations and a protest by a group of top wrestlers, claimed on Sunday that Congress leader Deepender Hooda plotted a conspiracy against him and praised SP chief Akhilesh Yadav for not siding with the agitators. Singh, a BJP MP, claimed that wrestler Bajrang Punia, a bronze medalist at the Tokyo Olympics, was also involved in the plot against him.
READ MORE | 'Congress, Bajrang Punia Plotting Against Me. Have Proof': Brij Bhushan Singh On Wrestlers' Protest
Wrestlers protesting on Sunday accused the media of favouring WFI chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh over the players, saying journalists should not give him a platform to speak.
The Wrestling Federation of India chief, accused of sexual harassment of female wrestlers, has vowed to fight the charges and has claimed that the athletes' protest was politically motivated. (PTI Input)
WFI president Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, who has been accused of sexual harassment by India's top wrestlers, claimed on Sunday that politicians have been driving the athletes' protest at Jantar Mantar from the start.
Since April 23, the country's top wrestlers, including Vinesh Phogat, Sakshi Malik, and Bajrang Punia, have been protesting, demanding criminal charges be brought against Singh for allegedly sexually harassing and intimidating seven wrestlers, including a minor.
A formal complaint has also been filed against the BJP MP. (PTI Input)
"If someone is fighting for his rights then lakhs of people will come out in support. We want justice for them (protesting wrestlers)," says Bhim Army chief Chandrashekhar Azad.
I have come here to support the (protesting) athletes. The entire family is with them. We will help them get the justice," says Robert Vadra after visiting protesting wrestlers at Jantar Mantar.
Delhi Police provides security to all 7 complainants after Supreme Court order, reports ANI.
READ MORE | Delhi Police Provides Security To 7 Complainants, WFI Chief Blames Cong Leader For Agitation
Ahead of PM Modi's 100th episode of Mann Ki Baat, TMC MP Mahua Moitra takes a jibe saying, "Dear Hon’ble Modiji- today is 100th episode of Mann ki Baat due to be telecast live even at UN HQ. Please do tell us:
1. Why India’s athlete betis can’t be protected from powerful BJP predators. 2. Why SEBI can’t finish Adani invetigation in SC timeframe."
Olympic medallist and member of the committee that probed the allegations of sexual harassment of wrestlers, Yogeshwar Dutt says, ""...Police will take action only when you report it to them. They won't do it if one sits at home. Wrestlers should have done it 3 months back. I had said earlier too that if they want action, they should report it to the Police..."
Wrestler Babita Phogath on Saturday tweeted a photograph of Priyanka Gandhi Vadra who had come to meet protesting wrestlers. A man could also be seen assisting Gandhi in the image.
Phogat said, Priyanka Vadra has reached Jantar Mantar with her personal secretary Sandeep Singh to get justice for women wrestlers, but this person himself has been accused of molesting women and calling a Dalit woman a 'downgrade'."
The oversight committee that was constituted to probe the allegations levelled by wrestlers against WFI chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh has not reached to any conclusion and the report of the committee has been submitted to Delhi police, reported ANI citing sources.
Boxer Vijender Singh joins wrestlers at the protesting site, says, "I have come here to support the wrestlers. I hope they get justice."
Delhi police will provide security to the wrestlers. A total of 7 players, including a minor, have complained to the Delhi Police against Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh. Delhi police said it will soon record the statements of the victims.
It has been alleged that Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh has sexually exploited women wrestlers not only in the country but also abroad during international events.
Denouncing the protest, Singh on Saturday alleged that it was not 'wrestlers' agitation'. He claimed, "I have been saying from the beginning that some industrialists and Congress are behind this protest."
Delhi police says one copy of FIR has been given to the wrestlers and that the copy of FIR registered under POCSO has not been given to wrestlers, as it will be given only to the victim's family.
Narendra Hooda, lawyer of wrestlers, said, "Delhi police have registered one FIR under sections 354, 354(A), 354(D) and 34 of IPC. Copy of other FIR not provided to us (as it will be given only to the victim's family)."
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Brij Bhushan Singh On FIRs Against Him
Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) chief and BJP MP Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh on Saturday addressed the media on the ongoing protests against him by the Wrestlers at Delhi's Jantar Mantar. Talking to the press a day after Delhi police registered two FIRs against him on sexual harassment complaints of female wrestlers, Singh said that he was innocent and ready to face a probe in the matter. He added that he has full faith in the Supreme Court and would respect the top court's order.
"I am innocent and ready to face the investigation. I am ready to cooperate with the investigative agency. I have full faith in the judiciary and I respect the order of the SC," Singh said.
Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra met the wrestlers protesting against WFI chief and BJP MP Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh at Jantar Mantar on Saturday and questioned the government.
She said that if Prime Minister Narendra Modi is worried about these wrestlers, then why has he not talked to them or met them yet. "I don't have any expectations from the PM, because if he is worried about these wrestlers, then why has he not talked to them or met them yet? Why the govt is trying to save him (Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh...,"
Delhi AAP ministers Saurabh Bharadwaj and Atishi, Congress leader Deepender Singh Hooda met the wrestlers on Friday. Delhi Police on Friday filed two FIRs against Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh on charges of sexual harassment levelled against him by seven women wrestlers, news agency PTI reported. Brijbhushan Sharan Singh told the news agency PTI on Friday that he would cooperate with the Delhi Police's investigation.
The first FIR against the WFI chief pertains to allegations of a minor wrestler and was registered under POCSO Act, while the second was related to outraging modesty.
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