"Wrestlers can’t be treated like ghulams by federation": Says Indian Olympic Medalists
<p>Indian Olympic medalists and Wrestlers are protesting against the wrestling Federation of India in Jantar Mantar. Talking about the protest is of all the Olympic Wrestlers of India including Bajrang, Vinesh Phogat, Sakshi Malik, Sangeeta Phogat,Sonam Malik and Anshu, and others. While giving an interview to the media Bajrang said, “Our protest is against the Federation and the way it has been functioning without keeping the best interests of wrestlers in mind. This has nothing to do with politics of any sort. We have not invited any politicians here. This is purely a protest of wrestlers.” The protest started at 12 noon in Jantar Mantar on Wednesday with almost a dozen wrestlers.Must Read : After Tunisha, Avneet Kaur to play Shehzaadi Mariam in Ali baba-Daastan-E-Kabul?The wrestlers further also added, “We are here to raise the issue of wrestlers who have no voice when it comes to decision making. Wrestlers have suffered for long silently but now we have decided that we wonâ€</p>
02:48 PM Jan 18, 2023 IST
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Indian Olympic medalists and Wrestlers are protesting against the wrestling Federation of India in Jantar Mantar. Talking about the protest is of all the Olympic Wrestlers of India including Bajrang, Vinesh Phogat, Sakshi Malik, Sangeeta Phogat,Sonam Malik and Anshu, and others.
While giving an interview to the media Bajrang said, “Our protest is against the Federation and the way it has been functioning without keeping the best interests of wrestlers in mind. This has nothing to do with politics of any sort. We have not invited any politicians here. This is purely a protest of wrestlers.” The protest started at 12 noon in Jantar Mantar on Wednesday with almost a dozen wrestlers.
The wrestlers further also added, “We are here to raise the issue of wrestlers who have no voice when it comes to decision making. Wrestlers have suffered for long silently but now we have decided that we won’t stay quiet anymore against unilateral decisions being taken by the Wrestling Federation of India. All of India’s top wrestlers won’t participate in national or international meets till our demands are met and we are treated better by the Wrestling Federation of India. Wrestlers here have a request to the prime minister’s office and the home minister’s office to help us and help the sport.”
“Today we will talk about the rot in the federation and the tanashahi which has been happening for many years. Nobody even asks about what wrestling wants. This is not fair and we have been silently tolerating this. But not anymore,” Bajrang told
on the other hand, Vinesh Phogat said, “I have been trying to talk to the federation and make them understand my issues and those of other wrestlers for nearly 10 years. But nobody is even ready to listen.”
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