https://www.aljazeera.com/sports/2024/8/3/at-olympics-indias-top-women-wrestlers-have-more-at-stake-than-medals?utm_source=pocket-newtab-en-intl

#WrestlersProtest #2024Olympics

The BJP and Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh Need Each Other More Than Ever

While top leaders aren't sharing a stage with the sitting Kaiserganj MP, he remains defiant and is trying to appeal to emotions while campaigning for his son.

#LokSabhaElection2024 #BrijBhushanSingh #KaranBhushanSingh #SexualHarassment #BJP #WFI #wrestling #hindutva #WrestlersProtest #india

https://thewire.in/politics/the-bjp-and-brij-bhushan-sharan-singh-need-each-other-more-than-ever

Vinesh Phogat's Paris Olympics quota: Why it's more than just a big sporting moment

"I will look him [Brij Bhushan] in the eye and medal leke aungi main, tu dekh [bring back an Olympic medal and show it to him]. If I train well, I can win a medal. No one can stop me."

#wrestling #ParisOlympics #VineshPhogat #WrestlersProtest #WFI #BrijBhushanSingh #SexualHarassment #sport #india

https://www.espn.in/wrestling/story/_/id/39981000/vinesh-phogat-paris-olympics-quota-more-just-big-sporting-moment

Wrestler Sakshi Malik listed among 100 most influential people by Time magazine

Sakshi, India's only female Olympic medallist in wrestling, has been honoured for her relentless fight against alleged sexual harassment of female wrestlers by former Wrestling Federation of India president Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh.

#SakshiMalik #WrestlersProtest #WFI #BrijBhushanSingh #VineshPhogat #BajrangPunia #BJP #SexualHarassment #TimeMagazine #wrestling #sport #india

https://www.thehindu.com/sport/wrestler-sakshi-malik-listed-among-100-most-influential-people-by-time-magazine/article68077181.ece

Tennis star Somdev Devvarman on wrestlers’ protest: ‘Athletes are being silenced for speaking up’

The former India tennis star Devvarman also asserted that the people at the top of the sports federations are not the best people suited for the job.

#WFI #SexualHarassment #SexualAssault #wrestling #sport #WrestlersProtest #SakshiMalik #BajrangPunia #SanjaySingh #BrijBhushanSingh #BJP #ViolenceAgainstWomen #india

https://scroll.in/field/1061162/tennis-star-somdev-devvarman-on-wrestlers-protest-athletes-are-being-silenced-for-speaking-up

‘Are We Traitors, PM Modi?’ Asks Vinesh Phogat As She Returns Khel Ratna, Arjuna Award

In her letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Phogat referred to Sakshi Malik's retirement from wrestling as well as Bajrang Punia's giving up his Padma Shri, and said she now felt revulsed by her own awards.

#WFI #VineshPhogat #KhelRatna #ArjunaAward #PadmaShri #SakshiMalik #BajrangPunia #BrijBhushanSingh #SanjaySingh #SexualHarassment #sport #wrestling #WrestlersProtest #BJP #NarendraModi #hindutva #india

https://thewire.in/rights/vinesh-phogat-writes-to-pm-modi-returns-awards

Under Pressure After Public Outrage, Modi Govt Suspends New Wrestling Body

The decision came after newly elected president Sanjay Singh, a Brij Bhushan loyalist, announced that Under-15 and Under-20 nationals will take place at Uttar Pradesh's Gonda, which is Brij Bhushan's turf.

#WFI #wrestling #BrijBhushanSingh #BJP #SexualHarassment #SanjaySingh #ViolenceAgainstWomen #WrestlersProtest #india

https://thewire.in/government/wrestling-federation-of-india-suspend-sanjay-singh-gonda