Wrestlers’ Protest: LIVE UPDATES
Chopra expressed his unhappiness an afternoon after the IOA leader got here down closely at the wrestlers for hitting the streets to renew their protests as a substitute of drawing near its athletes’ fee to hotel their proceedings in opposition to the deposed wrestling Federation of India (WFI) leader Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh.
Ace javelin thrower Chopra, who scripted historical past through profitable India’s first ever gold medal in athletics on the Olympics, stated “it hurts” to look the wrestlers taking to the road searching for justice.
He tweeted: “It hurts me to see our athletes on the streets demanding justice. They have worked hard to represent our great nation and make us proud. As a nation, we are responsible for safeguarding the integrity and dignity of every individual, athlete or What’s happening should never happen.
“This is a delicate factor, and should be handled in an unbiased and clear approach. Concerned government should take fast motion in an effort to be sure that justice is served.”
The wrestlers have returned to protest, after they called it off earlier this year in January with the authorities promising that action will be taken after a thorough probe by the Oversight Committee into their allegations of sexual harassment by the deposed WFI president.
(With company inputs)