Expect Sundays mahapanchayat to be a huge success: Protesting wrestlers
On pretext of checking breath, Brij Bhushan touched breast, stomach: 2 wrestlers to police
Today is the 14th day of our sit-in protest at Jantar Mantar. The fact is you guys (supporters) are here and we are here too. We would like to thank all who are sitting with us here and supporting us. We would like to thank the entire country for standing with us in this fight for justice, said Vinesh on Saturday.
We hope we will achieve success in this fight so that truth prevails. Vinesh urged the supporters to be peaceful on Sunday so that bad elements do not hijack the protest.
Tomorrow, a lot of people are expected to join us from villages khap panchayats, kisan and mazdoor unions, student organisations to support us. We appeal to everyone to be peaceful. Our success depends on a peaceful demonstration. We also request all who will come tomorrow to cooperate with authorities and police, said the Asian Games gold medallist.
We also request the police not to stop our supporters tomorrow. Bajrang, an Olympic medallist, has appealed to the countrymen to observe a candlelight march on Sunday to show solidarity with the protesting grapplers.
We request all Indians to come out with a candlelight march at 7 pm on May 7, he said.
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Another Olympic medallist wrestler Sakshi Malik said they are yet to decide the future course of action as their lawyers are still working on it.
She said the decision to approach a lower court as directed by the Supreme Court can be taken only after the DelhiPolice expedites the inquiry and records statements of all the complainants.
We have discussed with our lawyers. Our statements are yet to be recorded, we have been waiting for that. The police has been given a deadline to complete recording of statements within a time frame. Once the statement is recorded, only then the case can proceed further. We request the police to record our statements as soon as possible, she said.
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Asked whether Sports Minister Anurag Thakur had approached them, she said: There is no approach from his side. He already knows our demands, so it doesnt make sense to meet him again. If he wants to talk to us, we will definitely talk. Bajrang said, the two committees formed on Saturday have the full authority to decide their future course of action.
Saturday, May 6, 2023 at 2:10 pm