1. “We have not got a satisfactory response; only assurances, no concrete action. We will not quit till the federation chief is removed, and he goes to jail. We have 5-6 girls with proof. If the government does not act, we will go to the police,” Vinesh Phogat, Bajrang Punia and Sakshi Malik stated.

2. At a information convention earlier than wrapping up the second day of their sit-in at Delhi’s Jantar Mantar with round 200 others, the three wrestlers – amongst India’s most embellished wrestlers – stated, “We did not want to take the legal route because we had faith in the Prime Minister.”

3. The announcement got here following their talks on the Sports Ministry brokered by Olympian Babita Phogat, a member of the BJP and a part of the Haryana authorities. “I’m a wrestler first. The BJP government is with the wrestlers. I have heard instances of abuse in my career as well. There is no smoke without fire,” Babita Phogat stated.

4. The nation’s sports activities ministry on Wednesday had requested the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) to answer the allegations inside 72 hours after Vinesh Phogat, a triple Commonwealth Games gold medallist, went public with the fees. Meanwhile, sports activities minister Anurag Thakur is assembly the wrestlers at his residence.

5. WFI President Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, who’s a BJP MP, has refuted the fees. “All the sexual harassment allegations are false, and I will commit suicide if they are found to be true,” the 66-year-old was quoted as saying by information company ANI.

6. Vinesh Phogat, 28, made the allegations in opposition to Mr Singh and trainers at a public protest in Delhi’s Jantar Mantar, backed by a number of different prime wrestlers. “Women wrestlers have been sexually harassed at national camps by coaches and also the WFI president. I know at least 10-20 girls in the national camp who have come and told me their stories,” she stated, tearing up.

7. Ms Phogat stated she by no means confronted such exploitation herself, however claimed many wrestlers had been intimidated from coming ahead due to their humble origins. “They are scared because of their family background. They can’t fight them because they are powerful. Wrestling is our only livelihood, and they are not letting us do it. Our only option is to die. So might as well do good before dying,” she added.

8. The Delhi Commission for Women, a neighborhood physique that appears after ladies’s points, has issued discover to the sports activities ministry and requested the town police to file a case. The organisation’s chief Swati Maliwal met the protesting wrestlers on the Jantar Mantar.

9. The allegations come months after the coach of the nation’s nationwide biking group was sacked following sexual harassment prices.

10. India’s #MeToo motion gathered momentum in 2018 after a Bollywood actress accused a senior actor of sexual harassment. Soon after, ladies from different backgrounds got here ahead with a number of allegations, together with in opposition to a former authorities minister, however activists say there was little elementary change.

(With inputs from businesses)

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