AYODHYA (Uttar Pradesh): Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) chief Brij Bhushan Singh stated that legal guidelines associated to sexual harassment are flawed and are being misused in opposition to him.
Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh has been accused of sexually harassing younger wrestlers, together with a minor.
1000’s of supporters of the wrestlers on Tuesday held a candlelight protest from Jantar Mantar to India Gate underneath heavy safety, marking a month of wrestlers’ agitation in opposition to Brij Bhushan.
“There are some flaws within the regulation.
These legal guidelines are being misused. It isn’t solely in my case. You possibly can get (ask) somebody out of your neighbourhood who’s dealing with these legal guidelines. The regulation was made with good intentions, however it’s being misused by folks as a weapon in opposition to those they’ve issues with of any type,” Brij Bhushan informed reporters in Ayodhya on Friday.
He additionally stated that when the protest first began, the important thing demand of the wrestlers was to have him step down from his place of WFI chief by 4 p.m. that day.
“However now, the protest can be in opposition to PM (Narendra) Modi, Yogi (Adityanath). Congress, Aam Aadmi Celebration and ‘tukde tukde gang’ have joined it. Protests reached Punjab and from there, Canada. Do protests in opposition to me in Canada make any sense?” he added.
“They need to have gone again residence after Delhi Police registered an FIR. That is not their (wrestlers’) agitation. Some extra individuals are concerned and are misguiding wrestlers. Like Bajrang Punia had stated that if he is aware of the best way to bow his head right down to somebody, he is aware of the best way to behead somebody. What sort of language is that this? Whose head do you need to reduce? You used to respect Brij Bhushan some time again, used to the touch his toes and now take a look at his language,” he added.
Indian wrestler Vinesh Phogat stated that the wrestlers have determined to carry a girls’s Maha Panchayat in entrance of the brand new Parliament constructing on Could 28.
“We now have determined to carry a peaceable girls’s Maha Panchayat in entrance of the brand new Parliament constructing on Could 28,” she stated.
A number of ace grapplers, together with Bajrang Punia, Vinesh Phogat and Sakshi Malik, have been protesting on the Jantar Mantar accusing Brij Bhushan of sexual harassment and demanding his arrest.
On Could 19, the wrestlers marched from Jantar Mantar to Bangla Sahib Gurudwara in New Delhi on the twenty fifth day of their protest.
Two separate FIRs had been registered on April 28 following the Supreme Court docket’s discover to Delhi Police into the plea filed by the wrestlers.
Earlier on April 24, he Union Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports activities introduced that the Indian Olympic Affiliation (IOA) will probably be forming an ad-hoc committee to conduct the elections for the Govt Committee of the WFI inside 45 days of its formation, to handle day-to-day affairs of the physique, together with the number of athletes and making entries for the participation of gamers in worldwide occasions.
This committee will probably be functioning for an interim interval until a brand new Govt Committee takes cost.
Delhi Police has filed a standing report on the appliance moved by lady wrestlers in an alleged offence of sexual offence levelled in opposition to Brij Bhushan.
The courtroom was additionally knowledgeable {that a} Particular Investigation Staff (SIT) has been shaped to research the matter.
Earlier this yr in January, outstanding wrestlers got here ahead to steer a protest in opposition to the WFI chief, following which the Union Minister for Youth Affairs and Sports activities, Anurag Thakur, introduced the formation of an ‘oversight committee’ to probe allegations in opposition to the WFI, Brij Bhushan and a few coaches. Wrestling Federation of India Assistant Secretary Vinod Tomar can be named as an accused within the FIR.
The motion has gained assist from opposition events and farmer unions, with many individuals voicing their considerations in regards to the alleged sexual harassment.