Monday, May 29, 2023

Take them to Bengaluru.

"In what could bring about an abrupt end to the wrestlers' protest at Jantar Mantar, the Delhi Police detained Vinesh Phogat, Sakshi Malik and Bajrang Punia and later filed FIRs against them for violation of law and order, as dramatic scenes unfolded at the protest site on Sunday." TOI. "The Delhi Police said it will not allow the wrestlers back into the protest site." Why are Olympic medal-winning wrestlers sitting in protest instead of practicing? "India's top wrestlers have been staging protests in New Delhi over the past few days demanding action against a powerful politician, Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, who is accused of sexually harassing and intimidating female athletes. Singh, a member of parliament, is from Prime Minister Narendra Modi's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and has helmed the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) since 2011." DW. "Police in India's capital Delhi have filed cases including rioting against the country's top wrestlers after they were detained during a protest." BBC. The world already knows. If the Congress wants to dent BJP's chances in next year's general election they should offer a safe site in Bangaluru for their protests. "Congress has won the 2023 Karnataka assembly elections by the biggest vote share and seats after a whopping 34 years." HT. Bengaluru is the capital of Karnataka and is home to some of the biggest names in the IT industry. aboutkarnataka. com. Wrestlers' protest there will really make the BJP famous around the world, especially during the year of G20 (wikipedia). "But here's the surprising thing: why hasn't Prime Minister Modi intervened? After all Modi spends a lot of time talking about his commitment to women," asked Vir Sanghvi. Because, "Modi knows that one reason why all the charges of corruption and impropriety leveled against the UPA stuck was because Manmohan Singh and Sonia Gandhi sacked people at the slightest provocation." "In fact, the sackings had the opposite effect. People believed that the charges were valid: why else would ministers be sacked." "Not only did it make the UPA look like a government of scams, it also made Manmohan Singh look weak." "The Modi government is determined not to make the same mistake - even when the charges are real." "In less than a decade, we have traveled from 'hang the rapists' to 'garland the rapists'," wrote Prashant. "While the 11 rapists from Gujarat, convicted in 2008, were out of prison for two to three years even before they were granted remission, the BJP government in Haryana has been giving Ram Rahim paroles and furloughs repeatedly - each time around election - since his conviction in 2017." And, if rape and sexual assault are to be ignored, what chance of finding the truth about friend Gautam Adani? "Thanks to a 173-page report by a six-member panel appointed by India's Supreme Court, we now have a fairly good idea of where the country's probe into the Adani Group is headed: Nowhere," wrote Andy Mukherjee. Rape and sexual assault are taken extremely seriously in many nations. Use the optics. Now is the time. 

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