Wrestler's Protest Day 8 LIVE: Bajrang Punia lashes at media for siding with WFI Chief

Brij Bhushan hits out at the protesting wrestlers

Wrestlers address the media

Bajrang Punia reiterates how getting justice will be bigger than even Asian Games!

Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal visits Jantar Mantar

The political presence keeps increasing at the protest site as Delhi CM Kejriwal makes an appearance, in support with the aggrieved wrestlers.

"People exploiting girls sexually should be hanged. The whole world watched when they won the medal, if some mistreats them, they have to sit on Jantar Mantar for justice. This is sad state of affairs" the CM said.

"The whole country is with you. Your struggle is being watched and supported by the nation. We also emerged from Jantar Mantar. It changed the politics of the country and now I am sure that this will change the face of sports in the country," he added.

WFI Chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh refuses to resign.

Facing allegations of sexual harassment by seven women wrestlers, WFI chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh on Saturday said he is ready for "any kind of investigation" but won't resign from his post as it would mean he has accepted the charges against him.

"I am completely innocent and have full faith in Supreme Court and Delhi Police. I am ready to face any kind of investigation," Singh told reporters at his residence in Bishnoharpur, about 40 km from Gonda city.

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Bajrang refutes claim of protest being political.

With multiple claims of protest taking turn surfacing, Wrestler Bajrang Punia refuted the claims and said," Nobody is coming here to do politics, this is not a political platform. People are coming to support the wrestlers."

Breaking: Copy of one FIR provided to the wrestlers

IANS reports that the Delhi Police on Saturday provided a copy of one of the two FIRs registered against the WFI chief to the wrestlers. The copy of the FIR pertaining to POCSO will not be given to the athletes, but only to the victim's family.

Priyanka Gandhi met the wrestlers today morning

Another politician in Priyanka Gandhi makes their way to Jantar Mantar to meet the wrestlers and show solidarity. Here's what the Congress leader had to say:

Finally, two FIRs were registered against WFI Chief

Read more details about the two FIRs filed here.

Defiant wrestlers show no sign of stopping protest

It's been a week since the wrestlers returned to Jantar Mantar to restart their agitation against the Wrestling Federation of India and its chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, and it looks like the athletes are not going to move from their spots any time soon.