One of the protesting wrestlers and India's ace grappler, Vinesh Phogat announced that the wrestlers will hold a press conference on Thursday.
Vinesh Phogat took to X, formely known as Twitter, to announce that a press conference will be held at Delhi's Rajghat at 12:30 pm. Along with Vinesh, the likes of Bajrang Punia and Sakshi Malik also took to X, to announce the press conference.
"Hello everyone Tomorrow at 12:30 pm we are holding a press conference at Raj Ghat in Delhi. Jai Hind," Vinesh Phogat wrote in her tweet.
Just last month, the likes of Vinesh Phogat and Bajrang Punia had received exemption by the ad hoc committee from the Asian Games, Hangzhou, trials which will begin on September 23.
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They received a lot of criticsm from other wrestlers and they broke their silence by doing a combined live session on Facebook and replying to the accusations that wrestler Antim Panghal made on their exemption from the trials for the Asian Games, Hangzhou.
While addressing the accusations made by Antim, Vinesh said, "We are not against the trials. I am not blaming Antim. She is too young to understand. She is right in her place. She is fighting for her right and we are fighting for our right. But we are not wrong."
Delhi High Court had also dismissed the petitions moved by wrestlers, Antim Panghal and Sujeet Kalkal, over the exemption given to wrestlers, Bajrang Punia and Vinesh Phogat, for direct entry into the Asian Games 2023.
(With Agency Input)
