The incident concerned Olympic and world championship medalists, resembling Sakshi Malik, Vinesh Phogat, Bajrang Punia, and Sangeeta Phogat, together with their supporters, breaching the safety cordon as they marched in direction of the brand new Parliament constructing for a deliberate ladies’s ‘Mahapanchayat’.
The wrestlers are demanding the arrest of Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, the outgoing president of the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI), on allegations of sexually harassing a number of ladies wrestlers, together with a minor.
That they had scheduled the ladies’s Mahapanchayat on the new Parliament constructing throughout its inauguration by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Abhinav Bindra’s denouncement of the police motion highlights his concern for the therapy of the wrestlers and his empathy for his or her trigger, reflecting the importance of athletes talking out in opposition to injustice and supporting their fellow sportspeople.
“Final night time was sleepless, haunted by the horrifying pictures of my fellow Indian wrestlers protesting,” tweeted Bindra, whilst India’s most profitable footballer Sunil Chhetri and former India all-rounder Irfan Pathan too criticised the motion in opposition to the wrestlers.
“It is excessive time we set up unbiased safeguarding measures throughout sporting organizations. We should make sure that if such conditions come up, they’re handled utmost sensitivity and respect. Each athlete deserves a secure and empowering setting,” added Bindra, the 2008 Beijing Olympics gold medallist in air rifle.
On Sunday, because the wrestlers tried to breach the barricades and march in direction of the brand new Parliament constructing from Jantar Mantar, the police personnel shoved and pushed them earlier than detaining them and taking them to completely different police stations in Delhi.
Vinesh supplied a powerful resistance in opposition to her detention and Sangeeta clung on to her cousin whereas mendacity on the street because the wrestle continued for a couple of minutes. The police officers dragged and lifted them into buses together with a number of different wrestlers and their supporters.”
Although they had been launched after seven hours of detention, it left a number of athletes in different disciplines anguished.
“Why does it have to come back right down to our wrestlers being dragged round with no consideration? This is not the way in which to deal with anybody. I actually hope this entire scenario is assessed the way in which it must be,” mentioned India soccer captain Chhetri.
Pathan mentioned an answer to the difficulty must be discovered instantly.
“I am so unhappy to see the visuals of our Athletes…. Please remedy this ASAP,” Pathan tweeted.
(With PTI inputs)
