The calls for included the arrest of Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) president and BJP MP Brijbhushan Sharan Singh alleging sexual harassment and exploitation, for which Sakshi has been protesting in New Delhi alongside high wrestlers Bajrang Punia and Vinesh Phogat, in addition to a ban on any involvement of Brijbhushan’s relations within the WFI henceforth.

Monday marked the sixteenth day of the wrestlers’ protest, which has seen a exceptional quantity of help from farm unions and khap leaders up to now two days after a ‘Mahapanchayat’ was held on Sunday to resolve the following plan of action for the wrestlers. The grapplers have additionally fashioned a 31-member committee made up of khap leaders and senior farm unionists that assists them in huge decision-making concerning the protest.

Videos did the rounds on social media on Monday displaying farmers breaking via the police barricades at Jantar Mantar in a rush to succeed in the protest web site. In response, the Delhi Police have been seen welding and cementing the barricades to the bottom across the web site to verify there are not any extra safety breaches. The deployment of police personnel is predicted to be excessive within the coming days with farmers displaying up in giant numbers to point out help.

The Bhartiya Kisan Union (BKU), the Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM), and different khap leaders introduced with the wrestlers on Sunday that the protests will preserve going till May 21, after which they are going to take their subsequent main determination if no motion is taken by the federal government.

In a quick interplay with the media on Monday, Vinesh needed to subject extra questions on whether or not the farmers try to ‘hijack’ their platform. “We come from families of farmers. To say that members of our family are ‘hijacking’ this is very wrong. The elders of our families are farmers, they are the ones advising us. If we come out to fight for justice, you don’t expect our family to come and support us?” she stated. “The entire country is supporting us, so the next call will be taken by the entire country, not just us. That’s why we have made the committees.”

Vinesh additionally revealed that the wrestlers will proceed to attempt to prepare and get bout-ready, particularly with the Asian Games and the Olympic qualification cycle developing. “There is no doubt that our training is being affected badly. But if our loss will be the gain of the future generation of women wrestlers, we are willing to sacrifice that,” she stated, including that the wrestlers had a lightweight coaching session on Monday.