A Khap representative will meet the President and the government. Khap and these women (protesting wrestlers) won't be defeated. More decisions will be taken at Kurukshetra tomorrow: Farmer leader Rakesh Tikait at Khap maha panchayat in support of protesting wrestlers in UP's Muzaffarnagar
"The Khap Panchayat and these girls (wrestlers) will not get defeated. A decision will be taken soon," says farmer leader Rakesh Tikait on future course of action of wrestlers' protest. (PTI)
Union Sports Minister Anurag Thakur on Thursday said the Centre was sensitively handling the issue of protesting wrestlers, who are seeking the arrest of outgoing WFI chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh over sexual harassment allegations. Read more
"We are handling this issue (wrestlers protest) very sensitively... Whatever the players demanded, we are doing all those things. Necessary action will be also taken once Delhi police file the chargesheet...To all those politicising this issue, I would like to say that the law is equal for everyone and all the players are important to us," Union Minister Anurag Thakur says in Mumbai.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday said that a special CBI team will investigate the incidents violence in Manipur violence and the Centre will monitor the investigation. Shah told reporters at Imphal that a Judicial Inquiry Commission, headed by a retired High Court judge, will be set up to probe into the entire incident.
Sometimes, news becomes more than bites of information, or a banal statistic. News grows into a fable — like when politics, instead of being a part of the media, becomes a part of the folklore. The wrestlers’ protest against sexual harassment is one such story, and it has not found the right storyteller.
A 'maha panchayat' will be held in Uttar Pradesh's Soram village today to discuss the future course of wrestlers' protest against WFI head Brij Bhushan Singh over sexual harassment charges, amid speculation that investigators have found no sufficient evidence against the accused.
Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday took to the streets in Kolkata to protest against the alleged manhandling of wrestlers at New Delhi's Jantar Mantar after they tried to march towards the new Parliament building following its inauguration three days ago.
She demanded immediate arrest of Wrestling Federation of India's former chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh who is accused of sexually harassing several women grapplers. (PTI)
The ongoing battle between Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) chief BJP MP Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh and the country's top grapplers is now turning into a face-off between Ayodhya seers and khap leaders of western Uttar Pradesh.
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The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has condemned the manner in which the protesting Indian wrestlers were being treated by Delhi Police over the weekend, terming it "very disturbing" in a strongly-worded statement.
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Delhi Commission for Women chief Swati Maliwal on Wednesday issued a notice to police seeking action against a man who allegedly revealed the identity of a minor wrestler who has filed a sexual harassment complaint against BJP MP and outgoingWrestling Federation of India chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh.
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