Thread by @isomasundaram72

🚨 "Wrestlers' Protests"

In Jan 2023, 3 wrestlers staged a protest in JANTAR MANTAR, demanded to sack Brij Bhushan Singh (BBS) from WFI President post by making sexual harassment charge against him.

What their claim & panels findings? Toolkit for 2024?
🧵 1/n #WrestlerProtests

Later the Sports ministry formed the 5 member panel on 23rd Jan 2023, headed by legendary boxer Mary Kom.

The time given for the panel to submit it's findings is within one month. 2/n

Followed by that the period to submit the report was extended by two weeks and added sixth member Babita Phogat in the panel.

Then the panel submitted it's report in First week of April to Sports Ministry. 3/n

● Backtrack on the Claims..

• One female physio accused WFI Chief for treating her badly in BULGARIA, but she denied it during the hearing.

One claim get busted at the earliest.. 4/n

• Sakshi Maliwal another wrestler, claimed that WFI Chief hugged her in 2015.

This is wedding pic of her, which she invited WFI Chief in 2017.

Will any girl invite the person who harassed to her wedding? 5/n

• Vinesh Phogat, a wrestler made a serious allegations against the same WFI Chief..

• She filed affidavit before the IOA probing panel in this case, Vinesh claimed that in 2015 in Turkey WFI Chief touched her inappropriately. 6/n

• The findings found that Vinesh not competed in Turkey. "After that she said, it was in 2016 in Mongolia."

Again in Apr the wrestlers occupied the JANTAR MANTAR, now the Oppositions joined the gang.. 7/n

• This time the wrestlers knocked the SC's door to file FIR and later on 28th April 2023, the Delhi Police registered 2 FIRs against the WFI Chief.. 8/n

• Hearing the petition filed by wrestlers on 4th May 2023, the SC ordered that the petition will be disposed.

• Citing the purpose of the petition filed by them, to order to File FIR against the WFI Chief. 9/n

• Further the court asked the wrestlers to approach HC and others for further investigation and remedies.

To be noted that, WFI Chief fielded Sr Adv Harish Salve to fight for him.. Also the govt filed sealed cover before the court and with others. 10/n

● True colors of the protest..

• Days after again the wrestlers started to protest, Wrestler Bajrang Punia's wife Sangeet Phogat shared the tagged insta story, which has derogatory comment on PM Modi.

But no where they apologized for that? 11/n

• In Jan 2023, they exposed themselves by saying "we won't play national level game, instead only in Olympic".

• In an interview of WFI Chief, also said the same that, they are not willing to nationals but only in Olympic..

Connect the both.. 12/n

Further if someone says it's a genuine and no place for politics in this.. Listen to the slogan raised at the protest site where the wrestlers also present there, 'Modi Teri Kabar Khudegi'.

Why the hatred slogan against the PM? The wrestlers watched it passively.. 13/n

Earlier days of May 2023, IOA Chief, athlete PT Usha was heckled by the protesting gang while she visited their to meet the wrestlers.

But no statement by the wrestlers on this.. Why? 14/n

There are few more pics in which the wrestlers invited the Brij Bhushan Singh to their family function and with him in events.

For the first time, seeing the pics that a victims posing happily with the harassed person. 15/n

Doesn't it looks like the planned and orchestrating it perfectly?

As the months for 2024 polls nearing the oppositions using their toolkit to score, so why it can't be the same? 16/n

All they first demanded to register FIR that has done, next they seeked to arrest him without the completion of the investigation..

They had even said that, 'we won't believe Delhi Police'
So whom they believe? 17/n

On 28th May 2023, as the security is beefed up around the new Parliament Building.. Why the wrestlers wantedly marched towards it? It doesn't mean that they are willingly doing to create unrest at eve of historic moment? 18/n

Yesterday the wrestlers announced they are going throw their medals in Ganga in Haridwar, After they took back foot..

At first they should return money that Govt spent for their training..
• Bajrang Punia -₹2.58Cr
• Vinesh Phogat - ₹2.16Cr 19/n

To prove the allegations the WFI Chief called for open NARCO TEST, under the condition that both Vinesh Phogat should also does it.

Then the wrestlers accepted it, but till now they didn't came forward to do it.. Why? For what they are fearing? 20/n

During the protest Bajrang Punia had even called the farmer association (who led Farm Protest ie. Tikait Gang) to come with tractors to support them.

Y'day, the Bhartiya Kisan Union's National President Naresh Tikait, the union headed the protest against 3 farm bills... 21/n

had reached their and stopped the wrestlers to immerse the medals in Ganga.

All that is clear that WFI Chief is ready for NARCO TEST, before that what's purpose of doing this?

The plot is very clear that these wrestlers are not against WFI Chief, but against the PM MODI. 22/n

Farm Union's backing them, oppositions are connected with each other like the Farm Protest..

Indeed if they stand with their claim, they should go by the challenge made by WFI Chief. But they didn't.. This is expose their motive and proves their claims have no base.. 23/n

Vinesh Phogat about sexual Harris when the #Metoo was peak in 2018..

She says that no one dares to touch her as she was a wrestler & knows how to defend herself.

In 2023, she claims that WFI Chief harassed her in 2015? Why she didn't leveled it back in 2018? 24/n

Yet another recorded statement in 6th Aug 2022 after she bagged gold medal in commonwealth games in which Sakshi Malik is seen praising WFI Chief, today leveling sexual harassment charges against him. 25/n

The previous two confession by Vinesh Phogat and Sakshi Malik didn't made any charges, but it being done..

Doesn't this sound like it has something to do with the new rule in Nov 2022 that every wrestler to compete at Nationals with domestic players to qualify for Olympics? 26/n

If it not sounds like then look at Bajrang Punia's tweet on 18th Jan2023 (day they started to protest) he takes stand against QFI's New rules 2022, and also the wrestlers confession in protest site.

In this he didn't mentioned harassment but used tag to boycott WFI Chief. 27/n

Now listen to young wrestlers expressing their pain on 1000s of wrestlers were harassed..

"The claim of 1000s of wrestlers were harassed & politics being done by Sakhi Malik family, they give us a strange look & it's affecting our reputation" 28/n

Merely for the sake of their personal political careers, these wrestlers are putting the careers of young wrestlers at stake.. And creating a bad image on them with such bogus claims. 29/n

As the investigation going fairly along with Oppositions the wrestlers using this opportunity as a TOOLKIT to denigrate India and to destabilize the current BJP Govt.. That's all the Wrestlers Protests. 30/n