Sports Minister Anurag Thakur on Friday said that the demand for free and fair elections of the Wrestling Federation of India was taken into consideration. The IOA is working towards it. They asked for a committee which has been already constituted. He has requested the protesting wrestle
Former Haryana Chief Minister and Leader of Opposition Bhupinder Singh Hooda on Thursday reached Jantar Mantar to extend his support to the wrestlers protesting against Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) president Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh over alleged sexual harassment of women wrestler
Reacting to the allegation against Delhi Police of manhandling protesting wrestlers at Delhi's Jantar Mantar, Delhi Chief Minister and Aam Aadmi Party chief Arvind Kejriwal accused BJP of being arrogant and said "The time has come to drive them(BJP) out".
A scuffle broke out between the protesting wrestlers and Delhi Police at the protest site on Wednesday night. The wrestlers claimed they were manhandled and abused by the police personnel
Bharatiya Kisan Union leader Abhimanyu Kohar and others were on their way to join the wrestlers' protest against the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) chief Brij Bhushan Singh over alleged sexual harassment complaints against him.
The Delhi Police sources said that no permission to bring the beds to Jantar Mantar was sought while adding that entry into the protest site has not been banned during the day.
Top wrestlers are staging a sit-in protest at Jantar Mantar after filing a complaint at the Connaught Place police station on April 21 stating that seven female wrestlers, including one minor, were harassed and exploited by Brij Bhushan in his capacity as Wrestling Federation of India (WF
In a May 4 letter to Amit Shah, ace grapplers Bajrang Punia, Sakshee Mallikh and Vinesh Phogat alleged that the Delhi Police personnel "attacked" protestors on May 3 late evening and said that "insulting" those who represent the country amounts to "tarnishing the nation's goodwill".
the Delhi Police on Thursday said that the supporters of wrestlers became aggressive after they were stopped from taking folding beds at the protest site which they were not allowed, leading to the chaos.
A scuffle broke out between ace wrestlers protesting against the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) chief Brij Bhushan Singh and Delhi Police at Jantar Mantar on Wednesday.