‘Both worked in sports films’: NCP slams SRK, Akshay for silence on protesting wrestlers

New Delhi: Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Clyde Crasto on Monday hit out at Bollywood superstars Shah Rukh Khan and Akshay Kumar for keeping silence on the protesting wrestlers despite starring in sports films. Delhi Police on Sunday took into custody top wrestlers Vinesh Phogat, Sakshi Malik and Bajrang Punia for violating law and order after they breached the security cordon while trying to march towards the new Parliament House for a well-planned women’s ‘mahapanchayat’.

Shah Rukh Khan and Akshay Kumar tweet and talk about the inauguration of the new Parliament House. Both have starred in sports-based films and earned fame and fortune. Tweet and show support to our wrestlers fighting for justice. What’s stopping them from?” What or what are they afraid of?” Clyde Crasto asked.

,@iamsrk And @Akshay Kumar Told about the new Parliament building by tweeting.
Both acted in sports based films and earned fame and fortune.
What is stopping them from tweeting and supporting our wrestlers fighting for justice?
What or whom are they afraid of? — Clyde Crasto — Clyde Crasto (@Clyde_Crasto) May 28, 2023

He also took a jibe at Union Women and Child Development Minister Smriti Irani and asked if it was not her “duty” to protect her.

“Mrs Smriti Irani, these are our women wrestlers and see how they are being mistreated. You are the women and child development minister of India, isn’t it your duty to protect them and solve their problems Do it. Why do we hear you and see that you speak only on that.” Issues related to Rahul Gandhi,” he said.

M / s.@smritiiraniThese are our women wrestlers and see how they are being misbehaved with.
You are the Women and Child Development Minister of India, isn’t it your duty to protect them and solve their problems.
Why do we hear and see you speaking only on relevant issues @Rahul Gandhi , pic.twitter.com/7a8yxmOrYr— Clyde Crasto — Clyde Crasto (@Clyde_Crasto) May 28, 2023

India’s top wrestlers on April 23 resumed their agitation against former Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, demanding his arrest for allegedly sexually assaulting several female wrestlers, including a minor. Went.

As part of their fight against Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Singh, the protesting wrestlers had announced a Mahila Mahapanchayat near the new Parliament House on Sunday, the day it was inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. However, he did not get permission from the Delhi Police for his ‘Mahapanchayat’.

However, a chaotic scene was witnessed at the protest site at Jantar Mantar, when the Phogat sisters, Sakshi Malik and others tried to break the barricades and were manhandled by the protesters and police personnel.

‘Painful’: Sharad Pawar on protesting wrestlers being detained by Delhi Police

NCP president Sharad Pawar also termed the Delhi Police’s action against the protesting wrestlers as “painful”.

‘I strongly condemn the callous behavior of the Delhi Police towards our athletes, who are the pride of our nation. Our democratic values ​​and ethos have been shamed by this act of brutality today,” Pawar tweeted.

Pawar, notably, is the president of the Maharashtra Amateur Wrestling Federation, which is affiliated with the Wrestling Federation of India.

Wrestlers booked after scuffle as police break up protest near new parliament building

Wrestlers Vinesh Phogat, Sakshi Malik and Bajrang Punia, along with other protesters, were on Sunday booked for rioting and obstructing a public servant in the discharge of his duty after a scuffle with security personnel, who stopped them from marching towards the new Parliament House. Tried as it was being inaugurated. ,

“An FIR has been lodged at the Parliament Street police station in New Delhi district against the organizers of the protest, including wrestlers Sakshi Malik, Vinesh Phogat, Bajrang Punia and Sangeeta Phogat, and others, in the scuffle that broke out at Jantar Mantar. with the police today,” said a senior police officer.

FIR under sections 188 (disobedience to order duly promulgated by public servant), 186 (obstructing public servant in discharge of public functions), 353 (assault or criminal force to deter public servant from discharge of his duty) and 332 has been registered. Voluntarily causing hurt to deter public servant from his duty under the Indian Penal Code (IPC), the officer said.

IPC sections 352 (assault or criminal force other than grave provocation), 147 (rioting) and 149 (unlawful assembly) and section 3 of the Prevention of Damage to Public Property Act (mischief causing damage to public property) have also been invoked. Called, he said.

Soon after, the Delhi Police also cleared the site of their over-a-month-long sit-in at Jantar Mantar, saying they would not be allowed to return there.

‘Our movement is not over’: Wrestlers to continue protest against WFI chief

Following the scuffle, Olympic medalist Sakshi Malik resolved to continue her sit-in at Jantar Mantar.

In a tweet in Hindi, she said, “Our movement is not over… We will start our Satyagraha from Jantar Mantar. There will be no dictatorship in this country, but the Satyagraha of women wrestlers.”

Our movement is not over.

Released from police custody, we will start our Satyagraha back at Jantar Mantar

In this country, there will be satyagraha of women wrestlers, not dictatorship.

— Sakshi Malik (@SakshiMalik) May 28, 2023

Never thought that one day we will fight for justice in the wrestling ring, we will come to fight even after drinking like this…. There are many daughters of the country, when you can win medals abroad, then the fight for justice in your country is also equal to victory. #WrestlerProtest pic.twitter.com/eTHzERBUwb— Sakshi Malik (@SakshiMalik) May 28, 2023

Vinesh Phogat also said that while the Delhi Police took seven days to register an FIR against WFI chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, it did not take even seven hours to book the ‘peaceful’ protestors.