Priyanka Gandhi Vadra meets the wrestlers protesting at Jantar Mantar, Delhi

priyanka gandhi met wrestlers

Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Saturday met the wrestlers protesting against WFI chief & BJP MP Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh at Jantar Mantar, Delhi.

According to news reports, Delhi police yesterday registered two FIRs against WFI president Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh. The following allegations of sexual harassment by women wrestlers. Delhi police have registered one FIR under sections 354, 354(A), 354(D) and 34 of IPC. Copy of other FIR not provided to us (as it will be given only to the victim family): Narendra Hooda, lawyer of wrestlers. The case was registered under POCSO Act, while the second was related to outraging modesty.

Delhi police will provide security to the wrestlers. There are total 7 players, including a minor. They complained to the Delhi Police against Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, says Delhi police.

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“I don’t have any expectations from the PM, because if he is worried about these wrestlers, then why has he not talked to them or met them yet. Why the govt is trying to save him (Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh…,” says Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra in Delhi.

She also added, No one is aware of what is there in the FIR which has been lodged. Why they are not showing it? When these wrestlers win medals we all tweet and feel proud but today they are sitting on road and not getting justice. All these women wrestlers struggle a lot to come to this stage. And I am not able to understand why the govt is saving him. 

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