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NEW DELHI, Dec 22: Olympic\u00a0<\/span><\/span>wrestler\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Bajrang\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Punia\u00a0<\/span><\/span>made\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>decision\u00a0<\/span><\/span>on\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Friday\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>return\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>Padma\u00a0<\/span>Shri\u00a0<\/span>award\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>protest\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Sanjay\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Singh’s\u00a0<\/span><\/span>(a\u00a0<\/span><\/span>supporter\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Brij\u00a0<\/span>Bhushan\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Sharan\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Singh)\u00a0<\/span><\/span>election<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>presidency\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Wrestling\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Federation\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span>India\u00a0<\/span><\/span>(WFI).<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>“I’m\u00a0<\/span><\/span>giving\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>Prime\u00a0<\/span>Minister\u00a0<\/span><\/a><\/span>my\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Padmashree\u00a0<\/span><\/span>back.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>This\u00a0<\/span>letter\u00a0<\/span><\/span>is\u00a0<\/span>all\u00a0<\/span><\/span>I\u00a0<\/span><\/span>have\u00a0<\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>say.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>This\u00a0<\/span>is\u00a0<\/span><\/span>my\u00a0<\/span><\/span>statement,”\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>bronze-winning\u00a0<\/span><\/span>wrestler\u00a0<\/span><\/span>from\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Tokyo\u00a0<\/span>Olympics\u00a0<\/span><\/span>wrote\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>post\u00a0<\/span><\/span>on\u00a0<\/span><\/span>X,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>formerly\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Twitter.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>On\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Thursday,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Sanjay\u00a0<\/span><\/span>was\u00a0<\/span>chosen\u00a0<\/span><\/span>as\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>WFI\u00a0<\/span><\/span>president,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>with\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>panel\u00a0<\/span><\/span>headed\u00a0<\/span><\/span>by\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Brij\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Bhushan’s\u00a0<\/span><\/span>close\u00a0<\/span><\/span>aide\u00a0<\/span><\/span>taking\u00a0<\/span><\/span>13\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>15\u00a0<\/span><\/span>positions.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>Following\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Sanjay’s\u00a0<\/span><\/span>election,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Sakshi\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Malik,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Bajrang,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Vinesh\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Phogat\u00a0<\/span><\/span>spoke\u00a0<\/span><\/span>at\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>press\u00a0<\/span>conference\u00a0<\/span><\/span>where\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Sakshi\u2014who\u00a0<\/span><\/span>won\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>bronze\u00a0<\/span>medal\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Rio\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>2016\u2014announced\u00a0<\/span><\/span>her\u00a0<\/span>decision\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>resign\u00a0<\/span><\/span>from\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>sport\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>protest.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>“Dear\u00a0<\/span><\/span>PM\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Ji,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>hope\u00a0<\/span><\/span>your\u00a0<\/span>health\u00a0<\/span><\/span>is\u00a0<\/span><\/span>well,”\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Bajrang\u00a0<\/span><\/span>wrote\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>letter\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Prime\u00a0<\/span>Minister\u00a0<\/span>Narendra\u00a0<\/span><\/a>Modi<\/a>.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>I\u00a0<\/span>know\u00a0<\/span><\/span>you\u00a0<\/span>have\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>lot\u00a0<\/span><\/span>on\u00a0<\/span><\/span>your\u00a0<\/span>plate,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>but\u00a0<\/span><\/span>I\u00a0<\/span>wanted\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>take\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>moment\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>write\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>you\u00a0<\/span><\/span>about\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>wrestlers\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>our\u00a0<\/span>nation.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>You\u00a0<\/span><\/span>must\u00a0<\/span>be\u00a0<\/span><\/span>aware\u00a0<\/span>that\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>nation’s\u00a0<\/span><\/span>female\u00a0<\/span><\/span>wrestlers\u00a0<\/span><\/span>began\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>protest\u00a0<\/span><\/span>against\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Brij\u00a0<\/span>Bhushan\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Singh\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span>January\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>this\u00a0<\/span>year,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>claiming\u00a0<\/span><\/span>that\u00a0<\/span>he\u00a0<\/span><\/span>had\u00a0<\/span>harassed\u00a0<\/span><\/span>them\u00a0<\/span><\/span>sexually.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>I\u00a0<\/span><\/span>joined\u00a0<\/span><\/span>them\u00a0<\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>protest\u00a0<\/span><\/span>as\u00a0<\/span>well.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>After\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>government\u00a0<\/span><\/span>promised\u00a0<\/span><\/span>tough\u00a0<\/span><\/span>action,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>protest\u00a0<\/span><\/span>ended.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>The\u00a0<\/span><\/span>well-known\u00a0<\/span><\/span>wrestler\u00a0<\/span><\/span>continued,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>“But\u00a0<\/span><\/span>even\u00a0<\/span>after\u00a0<\/span><\/span>three\u00a0<\/span>months,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>there\u00a0<\/span>was\u00a0<\/span><\/span>no\u00a0<\/span><\/span>FIR\u00a0<\/span><\/span>against\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Brij\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Bhushan,”\u00a0<\/span><\/span>expressing\u00a0<\/span><\/span>his\u00a0<\/span>disappointment.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>In\u00a0<\/span><\/span>April,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>we\u00a0<\/span><\/span>protested\u00a0<\/span><\/span>on\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>streets\u00a0<\/span><\/span>once\u00a0<\/span>more\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>force\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>police\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span><\/span>at\u00a0<\/span>least\u00a0<\/span><\/span>register\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>formal\u00a0<\/span>complaint\u00a0<\/span><\/span>against\u00a0<\/span><\/span>him.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>By\u00a0<\/span><\/span>April,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>there\u00a0<\/span>were\u00a0<\/span><\/span>only\u00a0<\/span>7\u00a0<\/span><\/span>complainants\u00a0<\/span><\/span>remaining\u00a0<\/span><\/span>from\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>19\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>January.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>Therefore,\u00a0<\/span>it\u00a0<\/span><\/span>can\u00a0<\/span>be\u00a0<\/span><\/span>said\u00a0<\/span>that\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Brij\u00a0<\/span>Bhushan\u00a0<\/span><\/span>influenced\u00a0<\/span><\/span>twelve\u00a0<\/span><\/span>female\u00a0<\/span><\/span>wrestlers.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>When\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Bajrang\u00a0<\/span><\/span>attempted\u00a0<\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>travel\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Parliament\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>meet\u00a0<\/span><\/span>with\u00a0<\/span><\/span>PM\u00a0<\/span>Modi\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>deliver\u00a0<\/span><\/span>his\u00a0<\/span>letter\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>protest\u00a0<\/span><\/span>against\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Sanjay\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Singh’s\u00a0<\/span><\/span>election,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>he\u00a0<\/span><\/span>was\u00a0<\/span>stopped\u00a0<\/span><\/span>by\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Delhi\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Police\u00a0<\/span>officials\u00a0<\/span><\/span>at\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Kartavya\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Path.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>“No,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>I\u00a0<\/span><\/span>don’t\u00a0<\/span>have\u00a0<\/span><\/span>authorization.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>I\u00a0<\/span>am\u00a0<\/span><\/span>unable\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>enter,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>so\u00a0<\/span>if\u00a0<\/span><\/span>you\u00a0<\/span><\/span>could\u00a0<\/span>please\u00a0<\/span>forward\u00a0<\/span><\/span>this\u00a0<\/span>letter\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>PMs.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>When\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Delhi\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Police\u00a0<\/span>officers\u00a0<\/span><\/span>stopped\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Bajrang,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>he\u00a0<\/span><\/span>said,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>“I’m\u00a0<\/span><\/span>not\u00a0<\/span>being\u00a0<\/span><\/span>aggressive\u00a0<\/span><\/span>or\u00a0<\/span><\/span>protesting.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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NEW DELHI, Dec 22: Olympic\u00a0wrestler\u00a0Bajrang\u00a0Punia\u00a0made\u00a0the\u00a0decision\u00a0on\u00a0Friday\u00a0to\u00a0return\u00a0the\u00a0Padma\u00a0Shri\u00a0award\u00a0in\u00a0protest\u00a0of\u00a0Sanjay\u00a0Singh’s\u00a0(a\u00a0supporter\u00a0of\u00a0Brij\u00a0Bhushan\u00a0Sharan\u00a0Singh)\u00a0election\u00a0to\u00a0the\u00a0presidency\u00a0of\u00a0the\u00a0Wrestling\u00a0Federation\u00a0of\u00a0India\u00a0(WFI). “I’m\u00a0giving\u00a0the\u00a0Prime\u00a0Minister\u00a0my\u00a0Padmashree\u00a0back. This\u00a0letter\u00a0is\u00a0all\u00a0I\u00a0have\u00a0to\u00a0say. This\u00a0is\u00a0my\u00a0statement,”\u00a0the\u00a0bronze-winning\u00a0wrestler\u00a0from\u00a0the\u00a0Tokyo\u00a0Olympics\u00a0wrote\u00a0in\u00a0a\u00a0post\u00a0on\u00a0X,\u00a0formerly\u00a0Twitter. On\u00a0Thursday,\u00a0Sanjay\u00a0was\u00a0chosen\u00a0as\u00a0the\u00a0WFI\u00a0president,\u00a0with\u00a0the\u00a0panel\u00a0headed\u00a0by\u00a0Brij\u00a0Bhushan’s\u00a0close\u00a0aide\u00a0taking\u00a013\u00a0of\u00a0the\u00a015\u00a0positions.Following\u00a0Sanjay’s\u00a0election,\u00a0Sakshi\u00a0Malik,\u00a0Bajrang,\u00a0and\u00a0Vinesh\u00a0Phogat\u00a0spoke\u00a0at\u00a0a\u00a0press\u00a0conference\u00a0where\u00a0Sakshi\u2014who\u00a0won\u00a0a\u00a0bronze\u00a0medal\u00a0in\u00a0Rio\u00a0in\u00a02016\u2014announced\u00a0her\u00a0decision\u00a0to\u00a0resign\u00a0from\u00a0the\u00a0sport\u00a0in\u00a0protest. “Dear\u00a0PM\u00a0Ji,\u00a0hope\u00a0your\u00a0health\u00a0is\u00a0well,”\u00a0Bajrang\u00a0wrote\u00a0in\u00a0a\u00a0letter\u00a0to\u00a0Prime\u00a0Minister\u00a0Narendra\u00a0Modi. 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