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Olympian wrestlers, including Bajrang Punia, Sakshi Malik, protest against Wrestling Federation of India, allege sexual harassment
The WFI President Brijbhushan Sharan Singh had responded to the allegations and asked if there are wrestlers in the forefront who can outrightly say that the federation has harassed any athlete.
Indian wrestlers including Olympic medalist Bajrang Punia, Sakshi Malik and various others are protesting against the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) seeking an action by the authorities on Tuesday. Many wrestlers have levelled allegations against the WFI officials of sexual misconduct and harassment.
The wrestlers are demonstrating against the WFI by doing a sit-in at Delhi’s Jantar Mantar.
Wrestler Vinesh Phogat has slammed the WFI authorities and said that the coaches have been harassing women and also added that some coaches who are dearest to the authorities also misbehave with women coaches as well. She also added that the coaches sexually harass girls.
Phogat, in her statement to the media, also alleged WFI President Brijbhushan Sharan Singh of being amongst the perpetrators of who sexually harass girls.
She has also claimed and said that the federation interferes in the wrestlers’ personal lives and bothers them. She alleged the federation of exploiting the wrestlers and said that when they went for Olympics, they were not even provided with a physio or a coach.
Vinesh Phogat has also added that after the wrestlers raised their voices, they were being threatened by the WFI.
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Olympic medal winning wrestler Bajrang Punia also took to Twitter to extend support to the ongoing protest by the Indian wrestlers against the WFI. Bajrang Punia on his Twitter wrote and said that it is the federation’s duty to provide care and sporting needs to the wrestlers, he also wrote that if an issue arises, then the federation should solve the issue.
Punia in his tweet said that however, federations themselves have become an issue for the wrestlers. He also said that the wrestlers’ will continue to fight and won’t relent.
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Bajrang Punia in his series of tweets also wrote and said that the athletes put their sweat and tears to win the country a medal, however, the federation has done nothing but disrespected the athletes. Punia in his tweet also wrote that the federation has put regulations and restrictions on the athletes in order to oppress them.
Olympic bronze medalist, Sakshi Malik also took to Twitter to extend her support for the protest against the WFI. Malik in her Tweet wrote and said that the athletes work hard to win medals for the country, but the federation has done nothing but let the athletes’ down. She further stated that the many athletes are being harassed as the federation continues to impose arbitrary regulations against them.
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Both the wrestlers have called for Boycott against the Wrestling Federation of India.
WFI President Brijbhushan Sharan Singh’s response
The WFI President Brijbhushan Sharan Singh had responded to the allegations and asked if there are wrestlers in the forefront who can outrightly say that the federation has harassed any athlete.
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Chhattisgarh: Prime Minister Narendra Modi hits out at Congress, accuses party of dividing Hindus
PM Modi quoted his predecessor PM Manmohan Singh and said the minorities had the first right to the country’s resources. PM Modi added Congress is now saying the population of the community will decide who will have the first right to the country’s resources.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi slammed Congress after the Bihar government’s caste census results were declared. He said the Congress party is dividing the Hindus as the poor people formed the largest part of the population. PM Modi was addressing a rally in Poll bound Chhattisgarh Jagdalpur
PM Modi quoted his predecessor PM Manmohan Singh and said the minorities had the first right to the country’s resources. PM Modi added Congress is now saying the population of the community will decide who will have the first right to the country’s resources. PM Modi asked if the Congress party wanted to decrease the rights of the minority. He further inquired whether the Congress party wanted to remove the minorities.
PM Modi continued to his attack on the Congress and asked whether the Hindus who formed the largest section of India’s population come forward and take their rights. PM Modi further added the Congress party is not run by its people and has been outsourced. He said senior Congress leaders did not have their say in the decisions made by the Congress party.
PM Modi said the Congress party is trying to divide the Hindus. He added the Congress party is dividing the poor. They are trying to destroy the country. PM Modi slammed the Congress party for playing with the emotions of the poor. He added the Congress party has divided India on the basis of caste lines for sixty years.
The Bihar government released the findings of its caste census. According to the survey extremely Backward classes (EBC’s) and other backward classes (OBC’s) constitute 63 percent of total population of Bihar. The Congress party has promised a caste based census in the country if it came to power at the Centre.
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India-Canada ties: India asks Canada to withdraw 40 diplomats by October 10
Canada has currently a total of 62 diplomats in India. New Delhi has instructed Canada to decrease the number to 41 at their high commission.
India has asked Canada to withdraw around 40 diplomats by October 10 as the diplomatic row between the two nations over Ottawa’s allegations of New Delhi’s involvement in the killing of Khalistani terrorist Hardeep Singh Nijjar in Canada. According to reports India has threatened to remove the diplomatic immunity of any candian diplomat if they remained in India after October 10.
Canada has currently a total of 62 diplomats in India. New Delhi has instructed Canada to decrease the number to 41 at their high commission. Boehm said PM Justin Trudeau does not expect to back down. He added India sees Canada as an easy mark. He said India is aware of Ottawa’s limited capacity to retaliate because of the presence of a minority government in Canada.
Trudeau is the leader of the Liberal Party. He shares power with Canadian Sikh leader and Indian origin Jagmeet Singh who is the head of the New Democratic Party in Canada. India had previously said it wanted an equal number of diplomats posted in the country and Canada. At the High commission in Delhi Canada has many diplomats compared to what India has in Ottawa.
Diplomatic crisis between Canada and India emerged after Canadian PM Justin Trudeau said the Canadian agencies have been actively pursuing credible allegation of a potential link the killing of Hardeep Singh Nijjar and the Indian government. India had stated Nijjar as a terrorist in 2020. India rejected Canada’s allegations and called them motivated and absurd.
Hardeep Singh Nijjar was the chief of the banned Khalistan Tiger Force (KTF). He was shot dead outside a Gurudwara in Surrey, British Columbia, Canada in the month of June. Ottawa expelled an Indian official over the case. India in response expelled a Canadian diplomat. Visa services were also expelled by the Indian government for Canadian citizens.
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Earthquake of 6.2 magnitude on Richter scale shakes up Delhi-NCR, North India
Reports said the tremors were felt acutely by people residing in high rises and many fled by staircase to the groundfloor and were awaiting more aftershocks.
Strong tremors lasting almost a minute rocked parts of Delhi-National Capital Region, and several northern states after a 6.2 magnitude earthquake at its epicentre hit Nepal.
Reports said the tremors were felt acutely by people residing in high-rises and many fled by staircase to the groundfloor and were awaiting more aftershocks. Similar sights were visible in the region’s office districts. The tremors were also felt in parts of Haryana, Punjab, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand just after 2.45 pm. According to the Delhi Disaster Management Authority website, “Delhi is located in zone IV which has fairly high seismicity where the general occurrence of earthquakes is of 5-6 magnitude, a few of magnitude 6-7 and occasionally of 7-8 magnitude. Delhi thus lies among the high-risk areas.” The site adds that Delhi and the union territory region has already seen five earthquakes of the 5.5 to 6.7 scale since 1720.
There has been no report of damage to life and property as of now and reports are awaited on the situation in Nepal. Seismologists said the epicentre was 5 km underground in Bhatekhola in Nepal. The Himalayan country has already faced a massive quake on April 25, 2015 of 7.8 magnitude. Some 9,000 people died and injured more than 20,000.
According to the National German Research Centre for Geo sciences has said that magnitude 5.6 earthquake struck Nepal region. According to National Siesmological Centre an earthquake measuring 5.3 magnitude hit western parts of Nepal. No loss of property or life has been reported.
The earthquake was recorded with epicenter at Talkot area of Bajhang district, 700 km west of Kathmandu. Two earthquakes of magnitude 4.6 and 6.2 on the Richter scale jolted Nepal. The two tremors were felt within half an hour time. Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya came out of Nirman Bhawan with others, as strong tremors hit different parts of North India.
