Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) chief Rakesh Tikait on Friday stated the federal government needs to be given seven to 10 days to take motion towards Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) president and BJP MP Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh. The farmers’ chief made the announcement after a “khap mahapanchayat” was held in Haryana’s Kurukshetra to deliberate on the subsequent steps to be taken within the agitation pertaining to the wrestlers’ subject.

“A big message from Haryana (to the government) should be conveyed from here (Khap Panchayat in Kurukshetra). Let them have 7-10 days’ time (to take action). They cancelled the June 5 meeting (Brij Bhushan’s ‘maha rally’ in Ayodhya) after coming under pressure from the Khap Panchayat,” Tikait stated.

“We have taken a decision that government must address the grievances of wrestlers and he (Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh) should be arrested otherwise we will go with wrestlers to Jantar Mantar, Delhi on June 9 and will hold panchayats across the nation.”

The assembly got here a day after farmer outfits held a ‘Khap Mahapanchayat’ which went on for a number of hours in Soram village in Uttar Pradesh’s Muzaffarnagar and a sequence of protests in Punjab and Haryana on Thursday, exhibiting solidarity with wrestlers.

‘Will meet President’: Tikait after Khap Mahapanchayat meet

The representatives of khaps from Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Punjab Rajasthan and Delhi met in UP on Thursday to debate the protests led by girls wrestlers.

“The representatives of the khaps will meet the President and the government in support of the agitating wrestlers and this fight will continue till the protesting wrestlers get justice,” Tikait had stated on Thursday.

Under the banner of the Samyukt Kisan Morcha, farmers held protests on the workplaces of a number of deputy commissioners and sub-divisional magistrates in Haryana and Punjab, submitting memorandums addressed to President Murmu.

A panchayat was additionally held at wrestler Vinesh Phogat’s native village Balali in Charkhi Dadri district on Thursday and other people from each part prolonged assist to girls wrestlers.

Wrestlers’ demand

The wrestlers have demanded the arrest of Singh, a BJP MP from Gonda who has dominated Indian wrestling for 12 years, over allegations of sexual harassment of athletes, together with a minor. Singh has denied the fees and hit again on the wrestlers saying that their medals are price ₹15 every.