On Friday morning, Indian boxer and a well-known critique of the present Modi government, Vijender Singh, addressed a press conference from Congress party’s forum and extended his support and solidarity to Indian wrestling star and medallist Sakshee Malikkh, who announced of quitting the support yesterday.
Singh also claimed that attempts are being made to defame the wrestler’s protest.
While addressing the press, Vijender Singh said: “If this had happened to your mother, sister and daughter, would you still have remained silent like this or would the Modi government have remained silent like this? An attempt was made to defame the protest of women wrestlers. I have been with him since day one and will be with him in the future also. I want justice to be done to them.”
अगर आपकी मां-बहन-बेटी के साथ ऐसा हुआ होता, क्या तब भी आप लोग ऐसे ही चुप रहते या मोदी सरकार ऐसे ही चुप रहती।
महिला पहलवानों के प्रोटेस्ट को बदनाम करने की कोशिश की गई।
मैं पहले दिन से उनके साथ हूं और आगे भी साथ रहूंगा। मैं चाहता हूं कि उनके साथ न्याय हो।
: @boxervijender जी pic.twitter.com/mgTgsONwyE
— Congress (@INCIndia) December 22, 2023
On Thursday, after Sakshee Malikkh announced about her quitting the sport, Vijender Singh even took a sly dig over Indian cricketers over their alleged silence over the wrestlers’ protest issue. In a social media post on X, Singh wrote: “Did even one of the cricketers tweeted or supported the wrestlers?”
किसी एक क्रिकेटर ने पहलवानो पर ट्वीट किया या सपोर्ट किया भाई 🙄
— Vijender Singh (@boxervijender) December 21, 2023
Let us tell you that all this controversy erupted again after Sanjay Singh, a close aid of BJP MP and former WFI chief Brij Bhushan Singh, won the election for the President post of the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI).
