[ad_1]
Haridwar / Dehradun. The agitating wrestlers, who reached Haridwar in Uttarakhand to immerse the medals in the Ganges, postponed the medal immersion program for five days on Tuesday evening following the request of Naresh Tikait, national president of Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU).
Tikait sought five days time from the wrestlers, after which the wrestlers announced the postponement of the immersion. Wrestlers protesting against MP Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh for sexual exploitation of women wrestlers threw their medals in the Ganges at Har Ki Pauri in Haridwar. was announced. As part of the plan, Bajrang Punia, Vinesh Phogat and Sakshi Malik reached Haridwar to float their medals in the Ganges and sat near the Malviya Ghat.
The wrestlers said that the medal is their life and soul. After they are washed away in the Ganges, there will be no point in their life, so they will sit on fast unto death at India Gate. He said, “We are feeling from inside that we have nothing left in this country. We are remembering those moments when we won medals in Olympics, World Championships. Now it seems that why did you live. We are shedding these medals in the Ganga because she is the mother Ganga.
These medals are sacred for the whole country and the right place to keep the sacred medal can be holy Mother Ganga.” From here all the wrestlers reached Har Ki Pauri. In the meantime Naresh Tikait, the spokesperson of the Bharatiya Kisan Union, came here with his supporters and the players’ pride started. After nearly an hour of talks, the players postponed their plans to immerse the medals, with the government promising to resolve the issue within five days.
Pc:Sports – Punjab Kesari
[ad_2]
Source link
