IOA President assures quick action
The newly appointed President of the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) PT Usha has assured swift action to the wrestlers via a tweet.
Sports Minister Anurag Thakur speaks for the first time on the issue
Indian Sports Minister Anurag Thakur has spoken for the first time on wrestlers' protest. He is yet to talk to the athletes in Jantar Mantar.
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The Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh camp maintains that the protest is politically motivated in a conversation to The Bridge. Click here to read our article.
The protest will continue tomorrow
"The Protest will continue from tomorrow morning at 10am," reveals Vinesh Phogat at the end of the media interaction.
The wrestlers seem in no mood to back down.
"We have not spoken to the Sports Minister yet"
"We are waiting for the Sports Minister Anurag Thakur. We haven't spoken to him yet," reveals Vinesh Phogat.
"We will go for FIR, if we don't have a solution"
"We will file an FIR tomorrow, if we do not have a solution soon," Olympic silver medallist Ravi Dahiya.
"Media were threatened"
"Media persons were threatened, slapped yesterday," Bajrang Punia with some more scathing accusations.
"Our fight is with the WFI"
"Our fight is with the WFI and not the government," Bajrang Punia reiterates.
"We have appealed to the PM, and the Supreme Court as well," Vinesh quipes.
"We will decide when he will resign"
"We are the real Wrestling Federation. He (Brij Bushan Sharan Singh) won't decide when he will resign, we will decide when it is time for him to go," Vinesh says.
"We will decide when he will resign"
"We are the real Wrestling Federation. He (Brij Bushan Sharan Singh) won't decide when he will resign, we will decide when it is time for him to go," Vinesh says.
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