Sister, I request you with folded hands not to weaken our movement: Vinesh Phogat to Babita Phogat

"It's taken years for female wrestlers to speak up against their abusers. You are also a woman, try to understand our pain," Vinesh tweeted

Vinesh Phogat and Babita Phogat.

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Wrestler Vinesh Phogat who has been protesting against WFI chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh over allegations of sexual harassment, lashed into her cousin sister Babita Phogat asking her to ‘not weaken their movement.’

“If you cannot stand for the rights of the aggrieved female wrestlers, then Babita sister, I request you with folded hands not to weaken our movement. It’s taken years for female wrestlers to speak up against their abusers. You are also a woman, try to understand our pain,” Vinesh tweeted.

Babita had earlier tweeted about Priyanka Gandhi Vadra who visited Jantar Mantar to meet the protesting wrestlers. “Priyanka Vadra has reached Jantar Mantar with her personal secretary Sandeep Singh to seek justice for women wrestlers, but this person himself has been accused of molesting women and insulting a Dalit woman,” Babita said in her social media platform.

अगर पीड़ित महिला पहलवालों के हक़ में नहीं खड़ी हो सकती तो बबीता बहन आपसे हाथ जोड़कर विनती है कि हमारे आंदोलन को कमज़ोर तो मत करो

सालों लगे हैं महिला पहलवानों को अपने उत्पीड़क के ख़िलाफ़ आवाज़ उठाने में

आप भी महिला हैं और हमारा दर्द समझने की कोशिश करो । 🙏🙏 https://t.co/cfk9W1yTvj

— Vinesh Phogat (@Phogat_Vinesh) April 29, 2023

प्रियंका वड्रा अपने निजी सचिव संदीप सिंह को ले कर जंतर मंतर महिला पहलवानों को न्याय दिलाने पहुँची हैं लेकिन इस व्यक्ति पर ख़ुद महिलाओं से छेड़छाड़ और एक दलित महिला को दो कौड़ी की औरत कहने जैसे तमाम आरोप लगे हैं। pic.twitter.com/QTY4Z1nyb6

— Babita Phogat (@BabitaPhogat) April 29, 2023

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Meanwhile, Babita’s elder sister Geeta stood behind the protesters, tweeting, “I request all the countrymen that your sisters and daughters who are fighting for justice should support them by becoming their voice, this is a very sensitive matter, some people are trying to mislead the movement by linking it with caste-religion or politics. which is very unfortunate. #IStandWithMyChampions.”

मेरा सभी देशवासियों से निवेदन है की आपकी जो बहन बेटियाँ न्याय के लिये लड़ रही हैं उसके लिये उनकी आवाज़ बन कर उनका साथ दें यह एक बहुत संवेदनशील मामला है कुछ लोग इसको जाति-धर्म या राजनीति से जोड़कर आंदोलन को भटकाने का काम कर रहे हैं जो बहुत दुर्भाग्यपूर्ण है #IStandWithMyChampions

— geeta phogat (@geeta_phogat) April 29, 2023

The wrestlers have been protesting since Sunday, demanding the removal and criminal action against Brij Bhushan over alleged sexual exploitation and harassment as president of the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI).

The Delhi Police on Friday had registered two FIRs, one under the stringent POCSO Act and another related to outraging the modesty of a woman, naming WFI president Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh following allegations of sexual harassment against him by women wrestlers.