Maoists Put up Banner in Support of Protesting Wrestlers in Chhattisgarh

Raipur: Maoists put up a banner in support of women wrestlers protesting against Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) chief Brij Bhushan Singh, in Chhattisgarh’s Kanker.

This banner was seen on the Janakpur to Chhotebethia road. Through the banner naxals demanded immediate arrest of Brij Bhushan, who is also a BJP MP.

The Naxalites also slammed the ‘Beti Bachao Beti Padhao’ campaign, terming it as “mere hypocrisy”. The banner was in the name of Partapur Area Committee of the outlawed organization.

India’s top wrestlers, who were dragged and removed from their protest site at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi last week, have given a five-day ultimatum to the government to take action against Brij Bhushan Singh. Wrestlers Sakshi Malik, Vinesh Phogat, Sangeeta Phogat and Bajrang Punia, are leading the agitation against the WFI chief since April this year.