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India’s top wrestlers, Bajrang Punia and Sakshee Malikkh, who are leading a protest against Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) chief Brij Bhushan Singh over sexual harassment and stalking, met with Sports Minister Anurag Thakur, a few hours after invitation. The athletes made five major demands.
1) A woman should take over as the next Wrestling Federation of India (WFI).
2) Brij Bhushan Singh and no one from his family will be a part of the wrestling federation.
3) The protesting wrestlers have demanded “free and fair” elections to the wrestling body whose leadership has been accused of corruption and mismanagement.
4) The wrestlers have called for the FIR registered against them for allegedly violating law and order in connection with a scuffle that broke out at Jantar Mantar on April 28 be revoked.
5) The wrestlers reiterated their calls for Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh’s arrest over alleged sexual harassment charges.
