Bhupinder Hooda visited Jantar Mantar and met the protesters.
Chandigarh:
Senior Congress chief Bhupinder Singh Hooda on Thursday mentioned the wrestlers’ protest at Jantar Mantar shouldn’t be a political subject however a battle for justice.
The wrestlers have been staging a sit-in at Jantar Mantar since April 23. They’ve levelled allegations of sexual harassment in opposition to Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, who can be a BJP MP from Uttar Pradesh.
Chatting with reporters in Rohtak, Mr Hooda mentioned the wrestlers’ protest shouldn’t be a political subject however a battle for justice.
“Everybody ought to rise above celebration politics and assist the sportspersons as a result of these gamers are the satisfaction of our nation,” he mentioned.
On the scuffle between the protesters and Delhi Police personnel on Wednesday evening, the previous Haryana chief minister mentioned, “Police personnel are the protectors. In the event that they misbehave, then who will the gamers belief?” “The job of the police is to not torture the victims however to supply them justice,” he mentioned.
Later within the day, Mr Hooda visited Jantar Mantar and met the protesters.
A minimum of three wrestlers had been injured within the scuffle with some policemen late on Wednesday evening, in keeping with the protesters.
The wrestlers alleged that they had been overwhelmed up by policemen, a cost denied by the Delhi Police.
The protesters have been demanding legal motion in opposition to Singh for the alleged sexual harassment and intimidation of seven feminine wrestlers, considered one of whom is a minor.
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