Delhi Wrestlers Protest News Live Updates, May 28: Earlier, Vinesh had said daughters of the nation being treated like criminals; Delhi Police says “We had told the protesters that they won’t be allowed to march towards the parliament but they didn’t listen”.
Delhi News, Wrestlers Protest Live Updates (May 28): Wrestlers Vinesh Phogat, Sakshi Malik, and Bajrang Punia were among those detained by the Delhi Police Sunday while they were trying to march to the new Parliament building where they had planned to stage a demonstration against Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) president Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh. Delhi Police have also removed the makeshift tents placed by the protesting wrestlers at Jantar Mantar.
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Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal called the Delhi Police actions against the sportspersons, who he said bring honour to the country, “wrong and condemnable”. In a video posted on her official Twitter account, Vinesh Phogat said “democracy is being murdered openly”. She added the nation will remember how “women who were demanding their rights were suppressed while the new Parliament was being inaugurated”.
The wrestlers had announced that they planned to hold a Mahila Samman Mahapanchayat in front of the new Parliament as part of their protest against Singh. They have accused Singh of sexually harassing women wrestlers. Meanwhile, police detained several farmer leaders in Haryana, including BKU Haryana chief Gurnam Singh Chaduni, in their houses. They were supposed to march to Delhi in support of the protesting wrestlers.
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Delhi News Live: Vinesh Phogat, Sakshi Malik, Bajrang Punia detained ahead of march to Parliament; Delhi Police denied permission set up temp jail at MCD school, security increased at borders. Follow this space for all the latest updates from Delhi-NCR and the wrestlers’ protest here.
Delhi News Live Updates
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First published on: 28-05-2023 at 06:58 IST
