Former Jammu and Kashmir Governor Satya Pal Malik asserted on Sunday that the federal government will settle for the calls for of the protesting wrestlers, much like the farmers who protested towards the farm legal guidelines in 2020, by searching for an apology. Malik additionally spoke in regards to the Pulwama episode, stating, “had the aircrafts been sought from him, he would have supplied the identical inside quarter-hour.”
Malik made the remarks whereas addressing a mahapanchayat named ‘Sarv Samaj Samarthan Panchayat’ in help of the protesting wrestlers in Mundlana village, Sonipat district, Haryana. This marked the third mahapanchayat in Haryana and Uttar Pradesh inside 4 days. The preliminary mahapanchayat happened in Muzaffarnagar district, UP, on June 1, adopted by one other occasion in Kurukshetra, Haryana, on June 3. The Mundlana mahapanchayat was organized by BKU senior chief Gurnam Singh Chaduni and featured speeches by Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) chief Jayant Chaudhary and Bhim Military chief Chandrashekhar Azad, who expressed their full help for the wrestlers.
In a bid to unite varied teams that held separate mahapanchayats just lately, Olympic medal-winning wrestler Bajrang Punia introduced that the protesting wrestlers would name their very own mahapanchayat, with the date to be introduced throughout the subsequent 3-4 days. Punia requested the important thing audio system on the occasion to keep away from making any selections.
The wrestlers have been demanding motion towards Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) chief and BJP MP Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, accusing him of sexual harassment and felony intimidation.
In the course of the mahapanchayat, Satya Pal Malik stated, “Brij Bhushan can be eliminated (from his put up), and the federal government—which is supporting him—may even be eliminated in 2024 (polls), hundred per cent.” Malik brazenly criticized the Narendra Modi authorities through the farmers’ agitation towards the repealed farm legal guidelines, stating, “Maafi mang kar wo kanun wapas karne pade (the legal guidelines had been repealed after searching for apology).” He urged the individuals to proceed supporting the protesting wrestlers, assuring that “their calls for may even be accepted by searching for apology, and they’re going to emerge victorious.”
Encouraging the wrestlers to go to Rajasthan, Malik acknowledged that the individuals of Rajasthan had been prepared to increase their help. He additional declared, “After this assembly, I can be going to Rajasthan for the upcoming polls. They (BJP) will lose the Rajasthan polls.”
Referring to the alleged mistreatment of wrestlers by the police throughout their protest in Delhi on Might 28, Satya Pal Malik stated, “You’ve got seen that every one. Blood boiled on seeing this.” The previous governor warned, “In the event you don’t take away this (BJP) authorities in 2024, you’ll stand eliminated. It would destroy agriculture, Military. They’ve already completed the Military by introducing Agniveer (scheme). It would block all our methods of remaining alive. In the event you take away them, definitely a superb time will come for this nation.”
The previous Jammu and Kashmir Governor reiterated his declare that after the Pulwama assault on February 14, 2019, wherein CRPF personnel had been killed, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had requested him to remain silent concerning alleged lapses he had flagged. Malik, who served as Governor of J&Ok from August 2018 to October 2019, beforehand acknowledged that the House Ministry refused to offer 5 plane requisitioned by the CRPF, leading to a lot of safety personnel touring by street and changing into targets of a lethal terrorist ambush.
In the course of the mahapanchayat, Malik asserted, “I want to urge you—within the upcoming election—remind Pulwama (to the individuals) and scale back them (BJP) to ashes within the hearth of martyrs…Had they (jawans) sought plane from me, I (then J&Ok governor) would have supplied the identical inside quarter-hour. However they sought (assist) from the House Ministry, and the House Ministry didn’t give them plane. They usually (jawans) acquired martyrdom.”
Commenting on the continued extended protest and the wrestlers’ earlier plans to immerse their medals within the Ganga river, Bajrang Punia stated, “These have left our wrestler sisters and daughters damaged.” Farmer chief Gurnam Singh Charuni added, “If Punia had requested to not make any selections at immediately’s assembly, one resolution they might have made was to name on the individuals to forestall BJP leaders from getting into villages. We stand in help of the gamers, and we guarantee them that we’re able to make any sacrifice. We are going to comply with no matter they are saying. Since this agitation is of the gamers, we are going to go away the choice to them. In the event that they inform us to not permit BJP individuals to enter villages, we are going to abide.”