Bhartiya Kisan Union president Gurnam Singh Charuni was detained in Haryana’s Kurukshetra in the early hours on May 28, ahead of Mahila Mahapanchayat in Delhi in support of agitating wrestlers. There are reports of khap and farmer union leaders being detained in other parts of the state as well,” said BKU spokesperson Rakesh Bains. Deputy Superintendent of Police, Shahbad, Randhir …
The protesting wrestlers said late on Saturday evening that there was a lot of “pressure” to call off the Mahila Mahapanchayat they have planned in front of the new Parliament building on Sunday, but they will go ahead with the “peaceful” march come what may. The agitating wrestlers, demanding the arrest of former Wrestling Federation of India president Brij Bhushan …
The day the new parliament building is due to be inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 28 May, protesting wrestlers will attend a ‘mahila mahapanchayat’ outside the building, reported Hindustan Times on 21 May. Earlier a fortnight ago, the wrestlers had warned the government that if former Wrestling Federation of India president Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh was not arrested …
