The bugle has already been sounded, now’s the time to gird up for an epic struggle’. Holding placards, a number of junior wrestlers — ladies and boys – are gathered right here at Jantar Mantar in help of their icons from the previous two days. As the day progresses, the crowd will get thick.

How lengthy this battle between high wrestlers of the nation and WFI will proceed remains to be unknown, however every passing day is hampering India’s preparations for the upcoming main competitions — World Championship, and Asian Games to call a number of.

According to wrestling pundits, the authorities should type out the situation ASAP earlier than it will get out of hand!

More than 30 wrestlers together with Olympians Vinesh Phogat, Sakshi Malik and Bajrang Punia took to the streets to publicly accuse their federation’s chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh — who can also be a lawmaker for the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party — and different coaches of sexual misconduct.

They began a protest at New Delhi’s Jantar Mantar on Wednesday, which entered its third day on Friday, and no one is aware of how lengthy it can go! But as per wrestlers, until their calls for are meant.

Daily talks are happening between authorities officers and the wrestlers however no concrete consequence has materialised. The wrestlers additionally met Sports Minister Anurag Thakur late on Thursday evening, nevertheless, that assembly additionally didn’t yield outcomes.

Rio Olympic bronze medallist Sakshi Malik shared the fundamental points protesting wrestlers are going through.

“It’s the third day and you’ll see how mentally or bodily tortured we are”, she began.

“We slept around 4 am and then got up early. We don’t have proper sleep or food. I do not remember when was the last time we ate food properly. But this fight is important for wrestling. It is a request to our Prime Minister and Home Minister to fulfil our demands as soon as possible so that we can start our training for the upcoming tournaments and win medals for the country.”

” It’s really sad that well-known wrestlers are sitting here on the road, leaving their training and putting their careers at stake. It’s the third day that we are going to sit in on a protest, for a matter which should be solved just by communicating it once.”

“We all need this federation to be dissolved and a brand new federation to be fashioned that features individuals who know wrestling. All the people who find themselves in the federation haven’t any information about wrestling. They used to make guidelines on their very own and break them of their very own will. We are actually not frightened of anybody, we are protesting towards WFI to guard the sport. We are getting help from all over the place. Many girls wrestlers are supporting us.”

“If we win this fight, not only women but the entire wrestling sport is going to benefit and Indian wrestling will reach new heights. If this fight ends in our favour then youngsters won’t be suppressed like we were.”

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