Sachin wrote:Tanaji wrote:What is the latest with the wrestlers agitation? It seems to have taken a new life now… there were posters in front of SRTs house today as to why he is keeping mum
It is these kind of agitations which convinces me that Amit Shah and the much hyped Ajit Doval are clueless on handling agitations. Right from Shaheen Baug seiges, various shady groups have been able to conspire, bring in large groups of people and seige various parts of the national capital. The
Dilli Pulis is still under the control of A. Shah. Shaheen Baug happened, then the farmer's protest drama happened and now it is time for the wrestlers. Looks like organisations like the Special Branch and even the IB does not have any idea on what kind of 'protests' are getting planned near the national capital.
The BJP startegy seems to be just keeping quiet and hope that the party workers would use social media to launch counter campaigns. But the main stream media has much more stronger machinery to engage in propaganda. In the 'wrestler's drama' the BJP government has already lost the propaganda war. In social media, I see counter arguments. That the Phogat family wants absolute control on the wrestling game. All these folks want to compete in Olympics without competing in the National games first. The protesting gang was very close to Brij Bushan Sharan Singh, but recently changed their stance. The women wrestlers complain about s-exual harrasment which happened 4-5 years back! What stopped them from complaining then?
The wrestler gang does not want to give any good evidence to the police to prove their claims. They are not very keen to go to court either. But they want the MP to be thrown out of his MP-ship and then jailed. Now that the
Dakait brothers have joined with their farmer and
Khap Panchayath stuff, most likely it is an attempt to get the Jatt community away from the BJP. The main stream media which considered
Khap Panchayath as part of evil 'Brahminical patriarchy' now sings a different song.
But I liked the way the police called the bluff of the wrestler gang. The police did nothing when they threatened to throw away their medals in Ganga river. Finally to save face the
Dakait brothers made some excuse and requested them to abandon their plans
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saar,
the hooda (congi) gang wants to totally control wrestling in India.
Unfortunately the BJP has no option but to stay quiet because they are in lower in both states UP + haryana They cannot afford to take sides because they will lose support in both states
The world wrestling federation and other such "sports bodies" getting involved in this issue has all the makings of a toolkit in the deployment phase.
the very same evil spirits who, on an earlier occasion and so vociferously, had claimed to be the one true representatives of the farmers of India, have suddenly morphed into their new avatars of now becoming the sole representatives of the wrestlers.
It is a remarkable transformation and it is also a toolkit that has now begun to be deployed
BTW, Brij Bhushan's term has ended/is ending soon and he has made all the arrangements to ensure that a relative of his takes over from him after the WFI elections
The jats and their gangs from haryana want to grab control of the wrestling in India but are afraid that brij bushan will be able to get his nominee through in the elections and so are very keen to disgrace him totally and get the wrestling federation of India dissolved.
Meanwhile, the nautanki continues, and sensing the opportunity, the vishesh samuday have also got involved
DYFI, SFI to hold nationwide protest from June 4 in support of wrestlers’ protest
“DYFI and SFI demanded the immediate arrest of Brij Bhushan and to withdraw all false cases against the wrestlers immediately. Through this protest, we demand that the Prime minister should apologize for the police violence unleashed upon wrestlers,” DYFI national president AA Rahim said.
https://theprint.in/india/dyfi-sfi-to-h ... t/1604312/
From another source
Janmabhumi - Behind the wrestling struggle is the tug of war
Differences between the Yadava and Jat communities in India date back to prehistoric times. Yadavas are dominant in UP and Jats in Haryana as the two caste groups that dominate North Indian politics. There are many leaders who have emerged from both communities in various political parties. Similarly, there are those who have emerged from both communities in the field of sports. There are caste-based differences, disputes and complaints in situations where politicians and the sports sector are united. It is an open secret that the wrestling of two Yadava-Jat leaders is behind the latest developments that have rocked the Wrestling Federation of India.
It has been alleged that the sportsmen’s strike at Jantar Mandir in Delhi is the remnant of the decade-long rift between Congress leader and prominent Jat from Haryana, Deepender Singh Hooda, and Lok Sabha member from UP, Brij Bhushan Singh, for the post of president of the Wrestling Federation of India.
The events started in the 2011 Wrestling Federation elections. The Haryana Wrestling Federation went to the Delhi High Court against the election of wrestler Dushyant Sharma, a native of Jammu and Kashmir, as its president and won a favorable verdict. The court order was to conduct a re-election. Even the Haryana Federation’s case was aimed at getting Deepender Singh Hooda, who was a Congress leader and a representative of the Jat community in Haryana, to become the head of the Wrestling Federation of India. But the prominent Yadav leader Brijbhushan Singh, who was the then Samajwadi Party MP and the head of wrestling akhadas in Ayodhya and Gonda regions, also wanted to head the Wrestling Federation of India. Braj Bhushan met SP leader Mulayam Singh and conveyed the demand. Mulayam directly called the then all-powerful Ahmed Patel in national politics and fulfilled the demand. Ahmed Patel asked Dipender Singh Hooda to withdraw his nomination papers. Hooda paper was withdrawn with great distress. Then in 2011, Brajbhushan Singh became the head of the Wrestling Federation of India. Brajbhushan repeated the victory in 2015 and 2019. Brajbhushan joined the BJP before the 2014 Lok Sabha elections and later won as an MP. In 2011 and 215 in 2019, Deepender Singh Hooda continued to win as the president of the Haryana Wrestling Federation. Wrestling Federation of India has achieved great achievements under Brajbhushan Singh. India has won many international medals. But it is also noteworthy that the majority of them were given by Hariani wrestlers. Many things, including the selection of wrestlers for international venues, resulted in a rift between the Brajbhushan and Haryana federations.
In 2016, there were big disputes in the federation regarding sending wrestling to the Rio Olympics. The issue was between Olympic medalist Sushil Kumar and Narsingh Yadav. Sushil tried to go to Rio but the federation decided on nursing. Sushil was from Haryana and Narsingh was from UP. As usual, the matter came before the Delhi High Court and the court upheld the decision of the National Federation of Nursing to leave. But Nursing failed the dope test. Narsingh had alleged that Haryana and Sushilkumar mixed intoxicants in his food. In 2020, Haryana wrestler Vinesh Pogat was suspended by the national federation for replacing the Indian logo with the sponsor’s logo. Vinesh’s decision not to stay with his teammates at the Tokyo Olympics was also controversial. The issues between the Haryana Federation and the National Federation have been exacerbated by the new selection rules introduced in November 2021. The rule has been tightened that medal winners should participate in Nationals and Trials. Quota was also implemented for each state. But Haryana Federation opposed this. Following this dispute, Brajbhushan Singh dissolved Deepender Singh Hooda’s Haryana Wrestling Federation in July 2022.
Vinesh Poghat and Sakshi Malik stepped up their protest against the new selection rule and did not participate in the National Games in Gujarat and the selection trials in Delhi in December. Bajrang Poonia, Deepak Poonia and Ravikumar Dahiya also withdrew from the national meet citing various reasons. In December 2022, the National Federation again made it mandatory to participate in the selection trial to participate in the Asian Games. This has turned into actions that will destroy the sporting future of Bajrang Punia, Vinesh Pogat and Sakshi Malik. Such various issues prompted the sports players to start a strike against Brajbhushan Singh in Delhi in January this year. In the first phase, Brajbhushan’s strict stance and others were raised as the reason for the complaint of the sports players. The complaint of all the three athletes was that his way of working was unacceptable. But later the sports players from Haryana intensified their strike against Braj Bhushan after raising complaints of sexual harassment. The central government formed a special committee and announced an inquiry and removed Brajbhushan Singh as the head of the Wrestling Federation of India and transferred the charge to an ad hoc committee.
The election to the Wrestling Federation was scheduled for May 2023. As a person cannot hold the post of president more than three times, it was confirmed that this time Dipender Singh Hooda will become the head of the national federation. But Brajbhushan tried to get his son to head the federation and made matters worse. The demand of Bajrang, Sakshi and Vinesh is to let them go to the Asian Games without trials. Hooda’s demand is to head the national federation. Brajbhushan’s supporters allege that they are making a concerted move against the common enemy, Brajbhushan. Those who are close to Brajbhushan point out that all the sports players who have complained of being molested and sexually harassed by Brajbhushan are under the Haryana Federation. No one even knows who the seven disgraced athletes are. Brajbhushan has alleged that only those in Deepender Singh Hooda’s akhada complained against him. Delhi Police has stepped up action against Brajbhushan by lodging two FIRs on the complaint of sportspersons. But the politicians and those in the sports sector are clearly convinced that this is a competition to be at the head of the federation. It is also mysterious that no one, including sportspersons raising complaints of sexual harassment, came forward and gave a statement in front of the Indian Olympic Association’s investigation committee, despite being asked to do so several times. The protesting athletes and parties including the CPM are interested in insulting the IOA president PT Usha MP who said that the action of the sportspersons is a shame to the country and the athletes should approach the Olympic Association.
In 2015, in Turkey, Brajbhushan Singh touched him in a bad way, said Vinesh Pogat in front of the Central Government Committee chaired by Marycom. But later it became clear that Vinesh Pogat had not gone to Turkey in 2015. When asked about this, he said that the incident happened in 2016 in Mongolia. In an interview in 2018, Vinesh said that he had never been sexually assaulted in his career.
Sakshi Malik complained that Brajbhushan hugged her badly. But in all the released pictures, both of them are happily celebrating their victories with their hands on their shoulders. There was also an allegation that Brajbhushan had asked the mobile number of the witness. The investigation revealed that even once Brajbhushan did not call the witness. The female physician, who complained that Brajbhushan asked for a massage in Bulgaria, told the committee that he only asked for pain killers. This information in the Marycom committee report was published by the Economics Times two weeks ago.
The aim of the Congress and CPM parties, who are trying to stir the pond and catch fish by interfering in the issue, is only to embarrass the central government. Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh elections later this year and next year’s Haryana elections are the target of the Congress. Don’t portray BJP as anti-women and anti-Jat
Congress is trying to change the subject as an opportunity. Opposition parties are also trying to use the issue as an opportunity to divide BJP’s strong vote bank. About one million rupees have been spent so far to prepare facilities for the Haryana sportsmen’s strike at Jantarmantar. Many scenes can be seen in Jantarmantar which show that there are big groups behind the struggle. Athletes come from Deepender Singh Hooda’s akhadas for the strike. Although politicians were sidelined in the first phase of the strike, the second phase of the strike has been completely politicized. The central government is of the view that Brajbhushan should be punished if he committed a mistake. But there is a strong concern that these protests will disrupt the Indian sports sector, which is progressing internationally.