Wrestlers’ detention: Stalin takes jibe at Centre, says ‘Sengol’ has ‘bent’ the very first day
Stalin said that months have passed since the women wrestlers raised the allegation against the BJP MP but the saffron party leadership has not acted against Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh
Targeting the Centre over the issue of wrestlers’ protest against BJP MP Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh for alleged sexual assault, Tamil Nadu chief minister M.K. Stalin on Sunday reacted sharply to the detention of wrestlers by police in Delhi.
Delhi Police has detained wrestlers Vinesh Phogat, Sakshi Malik and Bajrang Punia for violation of law and order after they breached the security cordon while trying to move towards the new Parliament building for a planned women's ‘Mahapanchayat’.
Stalin said the ‘Sengol’ installed in the new Parliament building has “bent” the very first day. His jibe at the PM Narendra Modi-led dispensation seemed to be targeted at the hype around the ‘Sengol’, as the sceptre is said to be symbolic of upright governance and the upholding of justice.
The ‘Sengol’ was installed in the new Parliament building on Sunday, after inauguration by Modi.
The wrestlers had resumed their agitation against former Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) chief Brij Bhushan on April 23, demanding his arrest for the alleged sexual harassment of several women grapplers, including a minor.
Stalin on Twitter said that months have passed since the women wrestlers raised the allegation against the BJP MP but the saffron party leadership has not acted against Singh.
“Police detaining them after dragging them is condemnable. This shows the Sengol has bent the very first day. Is it fair that such atrocity should also happen on a day of (new Parliament building) inauguration that sidestepped the President and amid opposition boycott,” Stalin, also chief of the ruling DMK in Tamil Nadu, said.
(With inputs from agencies)
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First Published:28 May 2023, 10:38 PM IST
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