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Sexual Harassment Protest by Indian Wrestlers piques Govt. interest

(19 Jan 2023) RESTRICTIONS: Use on broadcast and digital channels, including social. Available worldwide. Use within 30 days. Editorial use only. No re-sale. All usage subject to rights licensed in contract. Access OK for SNTV and AP clients with restrictions as specified above. 1. Top angle of young athletes sitting at the protest site 2. Mid of young women players joining the protest 3. Various of the protest site with over 300 protestors. 4. SOUNDBITE (Hindi), Savita Devi, Member, All India Democratic Women's Association (AIDWA). "Women and girls of Haryana have brought glory to the country, despite this they are exploited in the sports federations. Our Olympic players and medal winners have no choice but to take to the streets to protest" 5. SOUNDBITE (Hindi): Mausam Khatri, Commonwealth Games and Asian games medal winner "The chief of the Wrestling Federation of India has been unfair to us athletes. All athletes have known this for a while now. He had consolidated his power and control. This is a fight for truth and the rights of all athletes so that the junior athletes can be protected in future." 6. Various of protest SOURCE: Associated Press DURATION: 01:35 STORYLINE: Top Indian wrestlers including Sakshi Malik, Vinesh Phogat and Bajrang Punia, led a sit-in protest in the Indian capital on Thursday accusing the federation president and some coaches of sexually and mentally harassing young women wrestlers. Protestors from diverse age groups protested at Jantar Mantar, a protest site in New Delhi. They demanded the immediate removal of the Wrestling Foundation of India President Brij Bhushan Charan Singh and other officials pending an inquiry against them. Mausam Khatri a Commonwealth Games and Asian games medal winner standing in the middle of hundreds of protestors said, "The chief of the Wrestling Federation of India has been unfair to us athletes. All athletes have known this for a while now. He had consolidated his power and control. This is a fight for truth and the rights of all athletes so that the junior athletes can be protected in future." Protestors carried banners asking questions to Prime Minister Narendra Modi about their issue. A banner read, "Wrestlers are the pride of our nation. We stand with our wrestlers." The other side of the banner read, "What is this homage? Today the pride of our nation has become the victim." Hundreds of protesters assembled at Jantar Mantar near India's Parliament building. Some wrestlers later left to meet India Sports Minister Anurag Singh Thakur. Savita Devi, member of All India Democratic Women's Association (AIDWA) said, "Women and girls of Haryana have brought glory to the country, despite this they are exploited in the sports federations. Our Olympic players and medal winners have no choice but to take to the streets to protest". The ministry on Wednesday asked the wrestling body to reply to the accusation made by the wrestlers by Friday. Swarup Kumar a 35 year old wrestler from Gurugram, Haryana seemed frustrated at the state of the affairs in the field of sports and said, "These are politicians. What do they know about sports? Mr Brij Bhushan, the political under the scanner, has he ever played any sport or did their forefathers ever play any sport? Only people who know this sport should be made the chief of sports." Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...