Amid the allegations on him, Wrestling Federation of India President Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh on Wednesday, attacked the wrestlers protesting, tagging the medal immersion claims as emotional drama and that this would not hang him.

India’s top wrestlers including Olympic medalist Bajrang Punia, Sakshee Mallikh and Asian Games champion Vinesh Phogat have been protesting since January this marking grave allegations of sexual harassment against the WFI President.

Singh said it’s been four months since the wrestlers are protesting demanding to take action against him and hang him for the sexual harassment of female athletes but no action has been taken by the government yet as the protestors have no evidence to prove their allegations.

Singh said the immersion of medals would not hang him and if they(the protesting wrestlers) want so, they should produce the evidence before the police and the Court and if the Court orders him to be hanged, he will happily accept the punishment.

Singh further challenged that if any allegation is proven against him, he will hang himself.

The protesting wrestlers on Tuesday, in a dramatic turn of events gathered at the banks of Ganga in Haridwar to immerse the medals won by them in Ganga as a part of their protest.

Bharat Kisan Union national chief Naresh Tikait jumped in with other leaders of the khap reaching Haridwar to convince the wrestlers to hold off, giving five days ultimatum to the government.

Meanwhile, a mahapanchayat of the farmer leaders and heads and leaders of khaps from Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Delhi, Haryana and Punjab has been organised in UP’s Muzaffarnagar tomorrow.

The central issue of the discussion in the huge meeting would be the wrestlers protest, where future steps of the protest would be discussed.

The wrestlers until May 28 were protesting at Delhi’s Jantar Mantar since April 23 demanding action against Singh for alleged sexual harassment of female athletes.

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On Wednesday, Union Home Minister Amit Shah visits the Model town of Moreh, located on India-Myanmar border in an effort to restore peace in the violence-hit Manipur as it is witnessing violence for almost a month now that has left over 80 people dead.

Moreh is a town which has been significantly impacted by the ongoing unrest. Shah began his visit to Moreh around 10 am . He will interact with Kuki civil society groups and will access the current security measures in place.

Shah is also expected to visit Kangpokpi district around 1pm, a Kukis dominated area but also is home to many Meitei villages. Kangpokpi is one of the majorly violence affected districts. Reports said, the buildings and religious structures of both the communities have been a point of target in the violence.

Security officials earlier reported, there have been overnight gunfights between insurgents and security forces in Sugnu, Kakching district. Reports also claimed civilian injury during attack in Sagolmang, East of Imphal.

The Home minister arrived Imphal late on Monday night, Shah held a series of meetings with Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh, senior cabinet ministers, top security officers and various leaders from the Meitei community in pursuit of a resolution to the escalating ethnic clashes that broke out since May 3. He also held an all party meeting on Tuesday, which aimed to restore peace in the state.

The visit of the Home Minister is to ensure the peace restoration and bring back normalcy in the law and order situation of Manipur. Shah was accompanied by Home Secretary Ajay Kumar Bhalla and Director of the Intelligence Bureau Tapan Kumar Deka.

In Shah’s meeting key decisions were taken to curb the violence and bring back normalcy such as announcement of a Centre-state equally contributed compensation worth Rs 10 lakh and a job to the kin of those killed in the violence, set-up of dedicated communication channels to counter the dissemination of rumors, improvement in law and order along others.

The hill state has been in trouble since May 3, a clash broke out after a Tribal Solidarity March was organised to protest the Metei community’s demand for Scheduled Tribe(ST) status.

After a dramatic turn of events yesterday at Haridwar, a large group of farmers has convened a mahapanchayat in the Sauram town of Muzaffarnagar district, Uttar Pradesh tomorrow to address the issue of ongoing wrestlers protest.

Bharatiya Kisan Union chief and the head of the Balyan Khap Naresh Tikait has informed that at the Mahapanchayat in the Sauram Chaupal, the wrestlers protest will be the central issue of discussion.

The mahapanchayat, as the name suggests is expected to be a huge gathering of the farmers and the heads of different khaps and their representatives from various northern states such as Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Punjab, Delhi and Rajasthan.

The agenda of the meeting will be to discuss the next steps to be taken to make the impact of the wrestlers protest larger.

India’s ace wrestlers Sakshee Mallikh, Bajrang Punia and Vinesh Phogat have been protesting since January who gave a break in the middle for some period, resumed their protest outside Jantar Mantar in Delhi on April 23.

The wrestlers are in protest demanding action against the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) chief Brijbhusan Sharan Singh, whom they have accused of sexual harrasment of female athletes including some minors.

Singh is a sitting BJP MP from Uttar Pradesh, said to have a wide influence over almost 6 Lok Sabha seats in the state.

On Tuesday, the wrestlers reached Haridwar to immerse the medals won by them in Ganga as a part of their protest.

The wrestlers were in view that there is no point of them keeping the medals which brought pride to the country after their years of hardship as their voice is being unheard by the government.

However, Naresh Tikait and other leaders of the Khap reached the banks of Ganga at Haridwar and convinced the protesting wrestlers to hold off the idea of immersion of medals giving an ultimatum to the Centre for five days.

On May 28, the day of new Parliament inauguration, the protesting wrestlers leading a large group of crowd marched towards the Parliament building but were detained by the Delhi police midway and FIRs were registered against some for law and order violations.

Visuals of tussle between the wrestlers and the police also surfaced, where both the sides were seen grappling with another.