PM trying to save his party MP, must break silence: Congress on wrestlers’ protest

New Delhi: The Congress on Thursday asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi to break his “silence” on sexual harassment allegations against BJP MP and WFI president Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, and accused him of trying to save his party’s leader.
India’s top wrestlers, including Vinesh Phogat, Olympic medallists Bajrang Punia and Sakshi Malik, are staging a sit-in at Jantar Mantar here, demanding the arrest of Singh for allegedly sexually harassing seven women grapplers.
Also Read Wrestlers mull taking their protest to Ram Lila ground In a tweet in Hindi, Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh said, “Sportspersons who have brought laurels to the country by winning medals have been demanding justice for more than four months, but the prime minister is trying to save his MP.” He urged PM Modi to break his silence on the issue.
Congress general secretary Randeep Surjewala, who hails from Haryana, also visited the protest site and met the grapplers, expressing solidarity with their demands.
Why does the Modi government not hear the cries of the daughters of the country and their pleas for justice, Surjewala said after meeting the wrestlers