Subhechcha Ganguly 
India Gate is a “national monument” and “not a site for demonstrations,” claim the authorities.According to Delhi police officials, the protesting wrestlers won’t be permitted to hold an indefinite hunger strike at India Gate in New Delhi, according to news agency PTI. India Gate is a “national monument” and “not a site for demonstrations,” claim the authorities. According to reports, they added that they would shortly propose alternative locations for their dharna.
The nation’s top wrestlers, including Sakshi Malik, Bajrang Punia, and Vinesh Phogat, announced earlier in the day that they would immerse their medals in the Ganga on Tuesday at 6 p.m. and stage a hunger strike “until death” at the India Gate in protest of Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) president and BJP MP Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh over allegations of sexual harassment.The wrestlers stated in a statement that “These medals are our lives, our souls. After throwing them into the Ganga today, there would be no need to continue living. After that, we shall hold a hunger strike at India Gate until we die.Following a violent scene in the nation’s capital on May 28—the day PM Modi opened the new Parliament—the Delhi Police evacuated the wrestlers’ protest site at Jantar Mantar. Several wrestlers attempted to carry out a planned march towards the new Parliament building but were stopped for “violating law and order” and taken into custody.
