With India’s top wrestlers mounting pressure on BJP MP Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh to resign as the Wrestling Federation of India president over sexual harassment allegations, a closer look at the federation’s committee to deal with such complaints suggests a violation of several norms.
As per the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace Act (Prevention, Prohibition, and Redressal), 2013, or the POSH Act, every employer of a workplace that has more than 10 employees must constitute an “internal complaints committee” to deal with such complaints.
