Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Priyanka Chaturvedi on Friday reacted to Indian Olympic Association (IOA) president PT Usha`s grievance of protesting wrestlers towards Wrestling Federation of India leader Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh and stated “we” together want to talk up for “our sportswomen”. Usha, additionally a Rajya Sabha MP, on Thursday stated the grapplers lacked subject as they hit the streets to renew their protest towards Singh in place of drawing close them.
“Our feeling is that for sexual harassment complaints, IOA has a committee and athletes’ commission. Instead of going to the street (again), they need to have come to us, however they have got by no means come to IOA,” Usha informed newshounds after the sports activities body’s govt committee meeting.
Asked if the IOA might attain out to the wrestlers seeing that they’re adamant that they might now no longer depart the protest web website online till their needs are met, Usha shot again through pronouncing, “Thoda toh subject hona chahiye (there need to be a few subject). Instead of coming to us they have got long gone immediately to the streets. It’s now no longer exact for sport.”
Reacting to Usha’s comments, Chaturvedi stated the us of a`s photo is tarnished whilst “we’ve MPs accused of sexual harassment going scot loose even as the sufferers should conflict for justice”.
“Am sorry Ma`m we have to together communicate up for our sportswomen now no longer accuse them of tarnishing photo whilst they’re those who gained laurels for our us of a and gave us motives to be proud!” Chaturvedi added.
India’s pinnacle wrestlers Vinesh Phogat, Bajrang Punia and Sakshi Malik are the 3 imperative characters withinside the renewed protests towards WFI president, who has been accused of sexual harassment and intimidation through the grapplers.
The IOA is but to finish its probe into the allegations even as the government-fashioned oversight panel’s findings have now no longer been made public as but.
Earlier, Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Mahua Moitra slammed Usha for alleging that the wrestlers were “tarnishing India’s photo”. Moitra requested whether or not the dangerous allegations towards a lawmaker of the ruling birthday birthday celebration and the Delhi Police’s refusal to sign up a case “makes India odor of roses.”
“Wrestlers protesting on streets tarnishing India’s photo says @PTUshaOfficial” Moitra wrote on Twitter. “So ruling birthday birthday celebration MP chairing WFI for years accused of molestation & abuse of energy towards who @DelhiPolice refuses to hotel FIR no matter SC order makes India odor of roses, does it?” she stated, including the hashtag `StopCrawling`.
Meanwhile, Vinesh, the silence of Indian cricketers and different pinnacle sportspersons over the issue.
“The whole us of a worships cricket however now no longer even a unmarried cricketer has spoken up. We aren`t pronouncing which you communicate in our favour, however at the least positioned up a impartial message and say there need to be justice for whichever birthday birthday celebration. This is what pains me… Be it cricketers, badminton players, athletics, boxing…” The Indian Express quoted the World Championship medalist as pronouncing in an interview.
