Holding a press convention on the protest web site, each Vinesh and Sakshee, who together with Tokyo Olympics bronze medallist Bajrang Punia, are demanding the arrest of Singh – a BJP-strongman and six-time Lok Sabha MP from Uttar Pradesh – on costs of sexually harassing the seven ladies wrestlers, together with a minor, knowledgeable that they are going to be sending hand-written letters in addition to emails to ladies MPs from BJP from Monday onwards to press for his or her demand for justice. The 2 confirmed an an identical letter written individually to union finance minister and BJP’s Rajya Sabha MP from Karnataka, Nirmala Sitharaman, and union minister for girls and youngster growth and minority affairs and Lok Sabha MP from Amethi constituency, Smriti Zubin Irani. The letter has been written to all 43 ladies MPs of BJP. The wrestlers’ protest entered its 22nd day on Sunday.
“It has been 22 days since we began the sit-in and, thus far, no feminine MP from the ruling BJP has come to fulfill or assist us in our battle. So, we’ve got determined to ship hand-written letters in addition to emails to ladies MPs from BJP imploring them to affix us in our battle for justice,” stated reigning Asian Video games and CWG champion Vinesh.
“Your social gathering talks about beti padhao, beti bachao. We’re additionally India’s daughters and we’re preventing for our dignity. Our mates within the wrestling group will hand ship the letters to their properties and we may also write them an e-mail. In all probability, our voice shouldn’t be reaching ladies MPs, so we considered reaching out to them. It is a battle for each lady who’s preventing for justice,” she added.
Within the letter, which has been written below the banner of ‘Wrestlers Sangharsh Samiti, Jantar Mantar’, the agitating grapplers wrote: “We girls wrestlers of India have been sexually assaulted by the president of the WFI. Throughout his lengthy interval of presidency, the wrestlers had been sexually assaulted many occasions by him. Generally, the wrestlers tried to lift their voice however his energy ruined the wrestlers’ future and forgot about justice. Now because the water rises above the nostril (a lot water has flown below the bridge), we’ve got been left with no different method however to battle for the dignity of ladies wrestlers. We now have left our life and sports activities apart and determined to battle for our dignity. We now have been preventing for justice for the final 20 days at Jantar Mantar. As per our remark, his energy has not solely damaged the again bone of administration but in addition made our authorities deaf and blind. Being a girl member of parliament of the ruling social gathering, we’ve got a number of hope from you and request you to assist us. Please change into our voice for justice and save our dignity. We additionally hope which you can spare a while to succeed in Jantar Mantar to information us.” The letter addressed individually to Sitharaman and Irani was collectively signed by Vinesh and Sakshee.
In the meantime, Bajrang welcomed the Indian Olympic Affiliation’s (IOA) choice to let an ad-hoc committee take full management of the federation and termed it as a ‘massive step’ in the direction of victory for wrestlers. “It is our first victory within the battle for justice. Your entire federation has been disbanded which marks an incredible starting for us. Our battle will go on until we get justice,” he stated. On Friday, the IOA had requested the federation’s secretary normal handy over the official paperwork together with monetary devices to its ad-hoc panel, making it clear the outgoing workplace bearers shall don’t have any function within the operating of the WFI.
