Students Association condemns action against DU students, wrestlers

Some of the wrestlers have taken to the streets of the capital and have been protesting persistently against the alleged sexual harassment that they had to face at the hands of the WFI President and BJP MP Brijbhushan Sharan Singh.

An association of students, All India Democratic Students Organisation (AIDSO) has condemned the alleged attack by Delhi Police on the struggling wrestlers at Jantar Mantar as well as the Students Solidarity Rally at Delhi University.

Condemning the Delhi Police over alleged brutality on the wrestlers and DU students, Sourav Ghosh, General Secretary, AIDSO stated in a statement:” AIDSO strongly condemns the brutal attack by Delhi Police on the struggling wrestlers at Jantar Mantar as well as on the student's solidarity rally in DU and stands United in solidarity with the fighting Wrestlers.”

Some of the wrestlers have taken to the streets of the capital and have been protesting persistently against the alleged sexual harassment that they had to face at the hands of the WFI President and BJP MP Brijbhushan Sharan Singh. The protesters are determined to fight until he is arrested and terminated from his post.

AIDSO letter states that Delhi Police has disrupted the necessary supplies of water and electricity that were being provided to the wrestlers. When they tried to bring a few cots in after the beddings got wet in the rain, the police threw their cots away. Few wrestlers got injured in this tussle, female wrestlers were manhandled by male police personnel, and some were dragged out of the protest place.

“Not only this, when in support of the protestors, AIDSO Delhi along with other left and progressive students’ organisations, organised a protest at Delhi University, they were detained and brutally beaten up by the police. It is a naked example of the inhuman and Anti-People character of the state. Rather than arresting and taking action against Brijbhushan Sharan Singh, the whole machinery is trying to safeguard him by gagging the voices of dissent,” the statement reads.

AIDSO has stated that it strongly condemns the police brutality on all the protesters and observes All India Solidarity Day on 4th May 2023. Solidarity protests are being organised throughout the country. It has appealed to the students in particular and common people, in general, to stand with the struggling wrestlers and build a nationwide movement.

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