Bajrang-Vinesh-Sakshi, for whom Brijbhushan Singh took ‘panga’, now they are accusing him of ruining their career; Watch Video
Last year, in the same month, India’s legendary wrestlers Bajrang Punia, Sakshi Malik and Vinesh Phogat were sitting on a dharna at Jantar Mantar. He had accused Brij Bhushan Singh, the then President of Wrestling Federation of India, of sexual exploitation. He had said that he wants to make wrestling safe for junior wrestlers and secure their future.
However, the same junior wrestlers for whom these three had enmity with Brij Bhushan Singh are now protesting against these three. Hundreds of junior wrestlers gathered at Jantar Mantar on Wednesday to protest against the loss of an important year in their careers, PTI reported. He blamed Bajrang Punia, Sakshi Malik and Vinesh Phogat for this. He clearly said that if the Wrestling Federation is not reinstated in the next 10 days, he will return his Arjun Award.
Junior wrestler reached Jantar Mantar
Junior wrestlers arrived here in buses from different parts of Uttar Pradesh, Haryana and Delhi. Of these, about 300 were from Arya Samaj Akhara of Chhaprauli, Baghpat, while many were also from Virendra Wrestling Academy of Narela. Many are still sitting in buses and preparing to join their fellow wrestlers at Jantar Mantar. The security personnel had a lot of trouble in controlling them.
Protest against Bajrang, Sakshi and Vinesh
These wrestlers were raising slogans against Bajrang, Sakshi and Vinesh. They were holding banners on which it was written, “UWW, save our wrestling from these three wrestlers.” About a year ago, at Jantar Mantar, these three top wrestlers had filed a complaint against former Wrestling Federation of India chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh for sexual harassment. Were sitting on strike regarding the allegations. At that time, farmer groups, social workers, politicians, women’s organizations and wrestlers supported him.
National camps are closed from 2023
Now the wrestling community itself is standing against these wrestlers and accusing them of ruining their careers. National camps and competitions have come to a standstill from January 2023. The WFI has been suspended twice and an ad-hoc committee is running the game. These protesting wrestlers have demanded that the suspended WFI should be reinstated and the ad-hoc committee should be dissolved.
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