World Championship bronze medalist and Commonwealth Games champion Geeta Phogat has also urged the Prime Minister to intervene and help resolve the matter. Geeta tweeted, ‘I urge the Honorable Prime Minister that all the sisters and daughters of the country are looking towards you with great hopes. If we sisters and daughters do not get justice, it will be a great misfortune in the history of the country.
Earlier Vinesh had tweeted, ‘Truth can be harassed but cannot be defeated.’ He said in another tweet, ‘If the aim is big, then keep your spirits high.’ Other members of the panel include Olympic medalist wrestler Yogeshwar Dutt, former badminton player and Mission Olympic Cell member Trupti Murgunde, former TOPS CEO Rajagopalan and former Sports Authority of India (SAI) executive director (team) Radhika Sriman. Wrestlers had accused Sharan of adopting an authoritarian attitude and sexually harassing junior wrestlers. Sharan is also a BJP MP. Wrestlers did not reveal the names of the players who were allegedly sexually assaulted.
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