Congress MLA Vinesh Phogat has responded to Olympic bronze medalist Sakshi Malik’s allegation of weakening the wrestlers’ protest in opposition to Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh.
In her guide “Witness,” Malik alleged that Vinesh Phogat and Bajrang Punia’s choice to just accept exemptions from the Asian Video games trials broken the credibility of their motion. She claimed that “folks near” them stuffed their minds with “greed,” making the protest seem “egocentric.”
In response, Vinesh stated on Tuesday, “Greed for what? It’s best to ask her (Sakshi Malik). If talking for the sisters is greed, I’ve this greed and that is good. If that is the greed – to carry an Olympic medal by representing the nation, it is a good greed.”
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Bajrang downplays any rift
Bajrang Punia dismissed any rift between him and Sakshi Malik, saying her opinions are her personal. He expressed confidence of their friendship, saying, “It’s her private view. She was our good friend, and she is going to proceed to be so. I can’t touch upon what she has stated.”
The three wrestlers have accused Brij Bhushan, the previous head of the Wrestling Federation of India, of sexual harassment, with the case at the moment ongoing in a Delhi court docket.
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After the Wrestling Federation was suspended, an ad-hoc committee allowed Bajrang and Vinesh to skip the trials for the 2023 Asian Video games. Nonetheless, Malik opted to not search an exemption.
Ultimately, Sakshi Malik didn’t compete whereas Vinesh suffered an damage earlier than the Video games and Bajrang didn’t win a medal in Hangzhou.
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Nothing good got here of Bajrang and Vinesh’s choice: Sakshi Malik
Malik argued that accepting the exemption harmed the protest’s picture, main supporters to query their motivations.
“Nothing good got here of Bajrang and Vinesh’s choice to take the exemption…their choice badly harm the picture of our protest. It put us in a scenario the place many supporters began to assume that we had been really within the protest for egocentric causes,” the 32-year-old stated.
