Bhartiya Kisan Union (BKU) national spokesperson Rakesh Tikait on Friday warned the Central government that if WFI chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, facing sexual harassment charges by the country’s top wrestlers, is not arrested by June 9, then farmer leaders will hold panchayats across the nation in support of the grapplers.
Tikait, who attended a Khap panchayat held to express solidarity with wrestlers here, also said that if the demands are not met within the given time, they will go to the Jantar Mantar, Delhi. “We have taken a decision that the government must address the grievances of wrestlers and that he (Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh) should be arrested; otherwise, we will go with wrestlers to Jantar Mantar, Delhi, on June 9 and hold panchayats across the nation,” Tikait said. The Khap leaders also said that if they are not allowed to sit at Jantar Mantar on June 9, then there will be an announcement of Andolan.
Earlier on Thursday, a Khap ‘mahapanchayat’ to discuss the ongoing protest by wrestlers against WFI chief and BJP MP Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh was held in Uttar Pradesh’s Muzaffarnagar.
Khap leaders from Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan, and Delhi attended the Mahapanchayat on Thursday. On Tuesday, Olympic medallists Sakshi Malik and Bajrang Punia, and Asian Games gold medallist Vinesh Phogat went to Har Ki Pauri in Haridwar along with their supporters to immerse their medals in the Ganga river.
