PremiumThe prolonged protest by top Indian wrestlers at Jantar Mantar is set to complete a month but their demands fell on deaf ears. Grapplers including names like Vinesh Phogat, Bajrang Punia, Sakshi Malik, and others are seeking action in the sexual harassment charges against Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) president Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh. Their 15-day ultimatum to arrest the WFI President ended on Sunday. And now, the Khap Panchayat in Haryana's Rohtak will hold candle march at the India Gate on May 23 followed by another 'maha panchayat' on May 28.
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The protesting wrestlers at Delhi's Jantar Mantar announced that they would conduct a candle march on Tuesday from 5.00 pm from India Gate. "We are doing a candle march tomorrow at India Gate from 5:00 pm. We urge people to support it. This protest is being carried out peacefully since day one," said Sakshi Malik.
Wrestler Sakshi Malik also urged people to support their candle march at India Gate on Tuesday.
On 19 May, the protesting wrestlers had marched from Jantar Mantar to Bangla Sahib Gurudwara in New Delhi on their 25th day of protest against Brij Bhushan.
Wrestler Vinesh Phogat on Monday told the media, "I would like to tell Brij Bhushan that not only Vinesh, all the girls who have given the complaint, are ready to undergo the Narco test. It should be done live so that the entire country knows about his cruelty to the daughters of the country".
However, Bhushan demanded a polygraph test, popularly known as a lie-detector test, of the wrestlers. Phogat appears to have misnamed the polygraph test as narco.
The protestors have been demanding the registration of an FIR against the WFI chief and his arrest into the allegations of sexual harassment.
Haryana's Rohtak Khap panchayat has come in support of wrestlers who are protesting against Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) chief Brij Bhushan Singh.
Khap panchayat of Rohtak district held a meeting. to support wrestlers demanding the WFI chief's arrest and sacking from his post over allegations of sexual harassment.
In a video message, protesting wrestlers have appealed to citizens to join the candle march tomorrow at India Gate. "On this occasion, we are organising a candle march at India Gate. Appeal to all of you to join our campaign".
JP MP and WFI chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, who has been accused of sexual harassment by a section of wrestlers, has said he is ready to undergo a narco test provided wrestlers Vinesh Phogat and Bajrang Punia take it.
Wrestlers will organise a 'mahila maha panchayat outside the new Parliament building during its inauguration ceremony.
The decision was taken at a maha panchayat called Maham Chaubisi khap — a cluster of 24 villages — in Haryana’s Maham town in Rohtak district.
Women from Rohtak, Jhajjar, Narnaul, Faridabad, Rewari, Charkhi Dadri, and Gurugram districts of Haryana are likely to participate in the mahila mahapanchayat.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to inaugurate the new Parliament building on 28 May-the birth anniversary of Hindutva ideologue VD Savarkar.
Hours after a Khap Panchayat in Haryana's Rohtak, the leaders have decided to hold candle march at the India Gate on May 23 followed by another 'maha panchayat' on May 28.
Farmer leader and national spokesperson of Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) Rakesh Tikait said that just like the 'Farmers Protest', this protest will also go on for very long.
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