‘These medals are our lives, our souls,’ say protesting wrestlers

Haridwar: Protesting wrestlers sit at Har ki Pauri, in Haridwar district, Tuesday, May 30, 2023. (PTI Photo)

 India’s top wrestlers, who have been protesting against BJP MP and chief of the country’s wrestling federation Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, accused of sexually harassing several women wrestlers, including a minor, today said they will “immerse” their medals in the Ganga river at the holy city Haridwar in Uttarakhand as they feel it has “no meaning” any more, and is only being used as a “mask” for propaganda by the system. The wrestlers have already left for Haridwar, and plan to immerse the medals at 6 pm today, after which they will sit on a fast-unto-death at the India Gate in Delhi, they’ve said. Even though “their lives would have no meaning” after losing the medals, they can’t continue to compromise their self-respect, they have said.

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First Published: May 30 2023 | 8:22 AM IST