LIVE BLOG: Wrestlers’ protest
“She first forced us to sit on dharna (in January this year), asked us that no political leader should come on dais. We listened to her every command and asked all the political leaders to not come meet us, but then she (Babita) politicised everything for her personal benefits and backstabbed us and left us here alone” the wrestler advised IANS on situation of anonymity.
“That was the most disheartening part of our fight for justice. But we know that the entire nation is with us, our truth is with us.”
Previous, two-time international champion Vinesh Phogat had lashed out at her cousin and BJP chief Babita later the wrestlers returned for a 2nd sit-in protest on the Jantar Mantar.
“Babita is more worried about her political career than the cause of the wrestlers,” Vinesh had stated.
In January, Babita had performed the meditator’s function when the wrestlers first staged a sit-in protest on the Jantar Mantar.
The federal government had shaped the oversight committee, headed by way of mythical boxer MC Mary Kom, to seem into the allegations levelled by way of the wrestlers, together with Vinesh, Sakshi Malik and Bajrang Punia.
Others within the panel incorporated former wrestler Yogeshwar Dutt, former badminton participant Trupti Murgunde, Radhica and Rajesh Rajagopalan, former CEO of Goal Olympic Podium Scheme.
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Babita used to be after incorporated within the govt’s probe panel to research the allegations at the insistence of protesting wrestlers.
The panel submitted its record on April 5. As in line with media studies, Brij Bhushan were given a “clean chit” from the panel. Then again, the untouched protest by way of wrestlers can drive the federal government to reconsider at the topic and announce the verdict quickly to unravel the problem.
