Jantar Mantar

Kolkata rape-murder case: Doctors to protest at Jantar Mantar today

31 Aug 2024

The Federation of All India Medical Associations (FAIMA) plans to hold a peaceful protest on Saturday at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi, demanding justice for the alleged murder and sexual assault of a trainee doctor at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata on August 9. Doctors across various...

CM Mamata Banerjee strongly condemns Delhi Police’s action against protesting wrestlers

28 May 2023

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee expressed her strong condemnation regarding the treatment of protesting wrestlers by the Delhi police. Wrestlers Vinesh Phogat, Sakshi Malik, Bajrang Punia, and others were detained by the police on Sunday as they attempted to march towards the new Parliament building in order to stage...

‘Democracy being killed, Mahapanchayat will definitely happen’ says Bajrang Punia

28 May 2023

Star wrestler Bajrang Punia has announced that the Mahila Mahapanchayat, a gathering of women, will be organized in front of the newly inaugurated Parliament building, amid the ongoing wrestler protest in the national capital. Wrestlers, including Bajrang Punia, Vinesh Phogat, and Sakshee Mallik, have been demonstrating at Jantar Mantar, accusing...

Statement of WFI president Brij Bhushan recorded by Delhi Police

12 May 2023

The SIT has been formed and Delhi police have recorded the statement of Wrestling Federation of India president and BJP MP Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh on the alleged sexual harassment case of female wrestlers. "On the complaint of the wrestlers, the statement of WFI president Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh was...

Farmers break through Delhi Police barricades to join protesting wrestlers at Jantar Mantar

08 May 2023

According to Delhi Police, farmers who came from different states to show support for the protesting farmers at Jantar Mantar in the national capital on Monday, breached the barricades set up in the area and reached the protest site. Farmers from various parts of the country including Punjab, Haryana, Delhi...

Wrestler Bajrang Punia vows to fight for India’s pride

07 May 2023

As farmers from several states marched into the national capital to show solidarity with protesting wrestlers there, star wrestler and Olympian Bjarang Punia said there was a fight for "country dignity." Speaking to the media persons at the protest site near the Jantar Mantar, Punia said, "We will protest as...

Security has been provided to wrestlers, including minor complainant: Delhi Police to SC

04 May 2023

The Delhi Police informed the Supreme Court that the wrestlers, including a juvenile complainant, had received the requisite security notwithstanding the continuing protest by professional wrestlers in the nation's capital. Top Indian wrestlers have accused Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) president Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh of sexual harassment while staging...

Delhi CM meets wrestlers protesting at Jantar Mantar

29 Apr 2023

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal arrived at Jantar Mantar and met wrestlers protesting against Wrestlers Federation of India (WFI) chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh on Saturday over allegations of sexual harassment. The Delhi CM raised the slogans Bharat Mata Ki Jai, Inquilab Zindabad, and Vande Mataram at Jantar Mantar. The...

‘My party does not spare any wrongdoer’; says Haryana minister Anil Vij

21 Jan 2023

Haryana Home Minister Anil Vij on Saturday said to probe the allegations of wrestlers against the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) the BJP-led central government has initiated action and a three-member committee has been formed. After wrestlers protested at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi Vij's reaction came and said, "This...

Wrestlers Protest: Indian Olympic Association calls emergency meeting

20 Jan 2023

Amid the ongoing protests by ace wrestlers at Jantar Mantar, Indian Olympic Association calls an emergency meeting at 5:45 pm today to discuss the protesting wrestlers’ issues.

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