Former CM & opposition leader Bhupinder Singh Hooda said the protesting wrestlers, mostly from Haryana, had brought glory to the state & nation, but state govt wasn't listening to their grievances.
Statement by Maneka Gandhi, who along with her son & Pilibhit MP Varun Gandhi has been sidelined by BJP in recent years, comes in backdrop of the party's studied silence on the issue.
Brij Bhushan Singh’s outburst during interview comes day after he said a particular family was levelling allegations against him, and the girls accusing him belonged to one akhara.
The wrestlers protests against WFI chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh over sexual harassment allegations is now snowballing and wrapping in farmers' anger and Jat pride too. Haryana's Khap panchayat leaders are also joining in.
India's top wrestlers, including Vinesh Phogat, Sakshi Malik and Bajrang Punia, have been protesting and demanding criminal action against Singh for alleged sexual harassment.
The Congress general secretary met the protesters Saturday. Committees are a way to deflect conversation, she says about inquiry panel looking into allegations against WFI chief.
'I don't have any expectations from the PM, because if he had been concerned about these wrestlers, then he would have at least called them and spoken with them,' says Gandhi.
Sarpanches of various khaps joined wrestlers protesting at Jantar Mantar & said farmers made govt ‘kneel’ during year-long stir against farm laws and ‘will do the same again if needed’.
TMC should worry about minority voters and how they view her ‘outside support’. Minorities are with the TMC but they have also watched Rahul Gandhi march across the country.
Latest report by UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs says global growth to be faster than estimated earlier & India’s 'robust performance' to boost South Asia’s growth.
The Spanish foreign minister says 'the Middle East does not need more weapons, it needs more peace'. Spain has been very critical of Israel’s offensive in Gaza.
Even in the weeks leading up to Chamkila’s assassination there were massacres every other day. To airbrush all of this is sheer intellectual cowardice if not a crime.
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