A day after the Delhi Police registered two FIRs against Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) president and BJP MP Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, the ongoing stir by wrestlers at Jantar Mantar received another shot in the arm with Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra visiting the protest site to extend their support.
Both leaders, after their separate interactions with the wrestlers, accused the Narendra Modi government of protecting Mr. Singh, against whom women wrestlers have levelled allegations of sexual harassment.
“Why is this man being safeguarded by the BJP and Prime Minister Narendra Modi?” said Mr. Kejriwal, pointing out that the wrestlers had to stage a sit-in and knock on the doors of the Supreme Court just to register an FIR. “The entire party has come together to safeguard one man. If anybody from the BJP is found doing any criminal activity, nothing will happen to them,” the Aam Aadmi Party national convener said.
