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Bajrang Punia, Sakshi Malik and Vinesh Phogat hit back on Saturday over Yogeshwar Dutt's statement that the protesting wrestlers were exempted from the trial
Top Indian wrestler Vinesh Phogat on Friday said the wrestling world will remember Yogeshwar Dutt for being a spineless lackey of outgoing WFI president Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, hours after the London Olympic medallist questioned the exemption granted to her and five others from the Asian Games and World Championships trials. Phogat also alleged that Yogeshwar had laughed off the sexual harassment complaints against the WFI chief during the oversight panel hearings where he allegedly told one of the women wrestlers that "such things happen". Dutt was one of the six members of the oversight panel formed by the government to probe the sexual harassment allegations against Singh. The government had not made public all the findings of the probe. London Olympic medallist Dutt posted a twitter video on Friday, questioning the logic and criteria behind such an exemption. A little over two hours after Dutt's tweet, Vinesh came out with a long statement. Responding to the allegations by .
The Delhi Police have registered an FIR against organisers of the wrestlers' protest and their supporters for violating law and order in connection with the scuffle that broke out at Jantar Mantar
From Kapil Dev to Neeraj Chopra, many have spoken in support of the wrestlers
Haryana CM Manohar Lal Khattar and Deputy CM Dushyant Chautala on Saturday held joint public meetings in the Baroda Assembly constituency and urged people to vote for BJP-JJP candidate on Nov 3
I had been playing sports since I was a child but had little idea about the Olympics, Commonwealth Games and Asian Games, says Sakshi Malik
Bhutia, who has also dabbled in politics, termed the attack a 'planned one'.
From Gautam Gambhir to Babita Phogat, many sportspersons started their political innings, but not all received in electoral politics the success they were used to in their respective sports
Dutt took to Twitter comparing the DU student Kaur with Adolf Hitler
The wrestler is getting married to Haryana Congressman Jaibhagwan Sharma's daughter Sheetal
The Indian wrestler's bronze-turned-silver medal may now get upraded to gold with champion Toghrul Asgarov also reportedly testing positive for a banned substance
The four-time world champion and two-time Olympic medallist Kudukhov, died in a car crash in 2013 in southern Russia
Russia's Besik Kudukhov was reportedly found positive for dope test conducted by WADA paved the way for Dutt's silver
Russia's Besik Kudukhov, who died in 2013, was reportedly found positive for dope test conducted by the World Anti-Doping Agency, paving the way for Dutt's silver