Politics play out as extra wrestlers take part to protest towards critical allegations of sexual misconduct towards Brijbhushan Saran Singh, President of Wrestling Federation of India. Shiv Sena MP Priyanka Chaturvedi at this time led the assault towards the ruling authorities over delay in motion.

“It’s a shame that women wrestlers who have spoken up about the harassment they faced yet the sport minister hasn’t yet sacked the WFI president. What investigation can happen with the man accused still incharge?” the Sena MP tweeted.

Chaturvedi additionally hit out on the Women and Child Development (WCD) minister Smriti Irani for her silence within the matter. “Government failing women consistently, the WCD minister is silent, as always,” she tweeted.

The Sena chief additionally raised issues over the dearth of motion by the Union sports activities minister and National Commission for Women and tweeted, “NCW has taken suo moto action in many instances earlier but here they waiting for women wrestlers to complain first. Amazing double standards.”

The National Commission for Women Chairperson Rekha Sharma stated that the NCW has not obtained a single grievance from any of these wrestlers who’re staging protests. “If anyone lodges a grievance with us, we instantly conduct a probe & take motion, Rekha Sharma instructed ANI earlier.

Celebrated Indian wrestlers, together with Olympic medallists Bajrang Punia and Sakshi Malik and world championship medallist Vinesh Phogat, have been staging a sit-in protest on the Jantar Mantar within the nationwide capital for the final two days towards the Wrestling Federation of India president and Bharatiya Janata Party MP Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, accusing him of sexual exploitation and intimidation.

Meanwhile, Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh is scheduled to deal with a press convention later at this time. He has maintained that he’s harmless and stated even when one lady got here ahead saying she was sexually harassed I’ll dangle myself.

On Thursday, among the protesting wrestlers met Union Sports Minister Anurag Thakur, however the assembly remained inconclusive as they refused to again down from their demand that the federal government instantly disband WFI.

The ministry can’t drive Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh to resign except it receives a written reply from the WFI for the reason that authorities itself has requested the wrestling physique for a proof.

The WFI is but to answer the Sports Ministry, which on Wednesday gave the wrestling physique 72 hours to answer allegations of sexual harassment of a number of lady athletes and intimidation by its president.

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