![]() ![]() "I hadn't even reached home and Brij Bhushan knew everything I had said." Malik was called to a meeting with the sports minister, Anurag Thakur, with whom she said she discussed the wrestlers' concerns "more openly". Malik said the prime minister obviously spoke to Singh because she started receiving threatening phone calls from Singh supporters. He said, 'do not worry, I am here for you people. "I did not openly tell him about sexual harassment. "I told the prime minister that is making us miserable and troubling us," Malik told the BBC. She told the BBC from the protest site that she spoke to the prime minister at the time regarding the wrestlers' concerns about the president of wrestling's governing body, a man who serves in Modi's government. The athletes coordinating the sit-in include Commonwealth Games gold medallist and Olympic bronze medallist, Sakshi Malik.Īfter the Tokyo Olympics in 2021, Malik met with Modi. The sit-in is taking place at Delhi's Jantar Mantar, a historic stone observatory-like site close to parliament and used previously for protests of national importance. ![]() ![]() Wrestlers have won more Olympic medals for India than any other sport. ![]() The farming community has strong ties with the sport of wrestling many of the athletes come from farming families. ![]()
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