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New Delhi, May 02, 2023 (PPI-OT):‘Modi you will be buried, tomorrow if not today’ slogans raised by wrestlers during a protest at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi against sexual harassment by BJP parliamentarian who leads the Wrestling Federation of India. India’s ace wrestlers including Vinesh Phogat, Bajrang Punia, and Sakshi Malik protested in Delhi against Wrestling Federation of India’s president and BJP MP Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh. The wrestlers have accused him of sexual harassment and intimidation.
A video from the protest site shows anti-Modi slogans raised during the protests by some people. Several people were present at the protest site. It is seen in the video one of them took up the mic and shouted various slogans. However, the slogans were against prime minister Narendra Modi, not Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh. Others joined him in raising the slogans. The slogans included “Modi Teri Kabar Khudegi, Aaj Nahi to Kal Khudegi” which means ‘Modi you will be buried, tomorrow if not today’. The person raising slogans also said that if justice is not done, all people from Haryana will come there.
When these slogans were being raised, several wrestlers including Bajrang Punia, Sakshi Malik, Vinesh Phogat, Sangeeta Phogat etc were also present there. Wrestlers defended the sloganeering, saying that people are angry. Wrestler Sangeeta Phogar said that people are angry against PM Modi for not taking action against Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh over allegations against him. She claimed that everyone present at the protest site is there to support the protesters, not to indulge in any politics.
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