Delhi Fee for Ladies (DCW) chief Swati Maliwal on Friday raised questions over the allegations of sexual harassment levelled in opposition to the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) president and the continuing protests. “Why has the resignation of the WFI president not been sought until now?” she questioned.
“It has been 72 hours for the reason that wrestlers’ strike! Why has the resignation of the WFI president not been sought until now? Why is an FIR not being registered in reference to the sexual harassment allegations? Why is the sports activities minister not making efforts to finish the protest? Until when will the pleasure of the nation sit on the road like this?,” Maliwal requested on Twitter in Hindi.
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A number of Indian wrestlers together with Olympic medallists Bajrang Punia and Sakshi Malik and world championship medallist Vinesh Phogat are staging a sit-in protest at Delhi’s Jantar Mantar for the reason that final two days in opposition to WFI president and Bharatiya Janata Occasion (BJP) MP Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh – accusing him of sexual exploitation and intimidation. In a letter to the president of the Indian Olympic Affiliation (IOA) PT Usha, it’s talked about that Phogat was “mentally harassed and tortured” by the WFI president after she missed out on an Olympic medal in Tokyo that led her to nearly ponder suicide.
The protesting wrestlers have requested the IOA president to nominate a committee to investigate into the matter.
In the meantime, the accused WFI president has referred to as the allegations a “political conspiracy”.
On Thursday night time, sports activities minister Anurag Thakur met with the protesting wrestlers, nonetheless, the assembly remained inconclusive as they refused again down from their demand to right away disband the WFI.