After Haridwar huddle, wrestlers rethink move to drop medals in Ganga
ON A day of high drama, the protesting wrestlers, led by Olympic medallists Bajrang Punia and Sakshi Malik and World Championship medallist Vinesh Phogat, announced on Tuesday that they would ‘immerse’ their medals in the Ganga river, and reached Har ki Pauri in Haridwar by evening.
After sitting in a huddle on the banks of the river for over an hour-and-a-half, where some of them could be seen sobbing as they clutched their medals and citations, the wrestlers reversed their decision, soon after Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) president Naresh Tikait reached the spot and asked them to defer their decision by five days.
Protesting wrestlers sit at Har ki Pauri, in Haridwar district. (PTI)
Before Tikait’s arrival, as the crowd at the ghat grew bigger, a human chain of family members and oth...