Wrestlers will soon organise mahapanchayat: Bajrang Punia

Referring to their earlier plans to immerse their medals in Ganga river, Punia said: “These have left our wrestler sisters and daughters broken. We will hold one mahapanchayat and will give a call for that. We will decide the venue. We want to bring everyone together for that panchayat, we don’t want us to be divided.”

He said their battle was not for any particular caste, but for honour and respect. “If we remain divided, we cannot win.”

The wrestlers have been demanding action against Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) chief and BJP MP Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, accusing the latter of sexual harassment and criminal intimidation.

Malik hit out at the central government over its handling of the wrestlers’ demands, as he urged the people to throw out the government in the next Lok Sabha election.

This was the third mahapanchayat in Haryana and UP within four days.

In this series, the first mahapanchayat was held in Muzaffarnagar district of UP on June 1 followed by another such event in Kurukshetra of Haryana on June 3. The Mundlana mahapanchayat was organised on a call given by BKU senior leader Gurnam Singh Chaduni and was also addressed by Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) chief Jayant Chaudhary and Bhim Army chief Chandrashekhar Azad. All of them extended support to the wrestlers.

Malik said: “Brij Bhushan will be removed (from his post) and the government – which is supporting him – will also be removed in 2024 (polls), 100%.”

During the farmers’ agitation against three contentious central farm laws – which now stand repealed – at Delhi borders, Malik had spoken out against the BJP-led central government.