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Pooja Bhatt has slammed PT Usha for not supporting wrestlers like Vinesh Phogat, Sakshi Malik and others who are currently protesting over alleged sexual misconduct by the wrestling body head.

Congress MP Shashi Tharoor today slammed the country's Olympics body chief PT Usha for criticising the wrestlers' public protest over alleged sexual misconduct by the wrestling body head.

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Indian wrestlers have been protesting in New Delhi against the Chief of the Wrestling Federation of India, Brij Bhushan Singh.

Responding to Usha’s remarks, Sakshi Malik, one of the protesting wrestlers said, “We feel hurt by P T Usha’s comment. She is not supporting us despite being a woman herself."

The wrestlers including champions like Bajrang Punia, Sakshi Malik and Vinesh Phogat, have been sitting in at Jantar Mantar since last weekend.

AAP leaders Saurabh Bharadwaj, Atishi to meet wrestlers at Jantar Mantar today

Indian Olympic Association (IOA) president P T Usha had expressed her disappointment over the protest and said that the protest by the wrestlers on the streets is tarnishing the country's image and amounts to indiscipline.

The protesting wrestlers' fight for justice at Jantar Mantar is turning out to be an 'expensive' one as arranging for even the most basic needs is burning a hole in their pocket. But in spite of that, the wrestlers are prepared for a long haul at the famous protest site, where they have assembled to demand the arrest of Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) chief Brij Bhushan

Several opposition leaders hit out at Indian Olympic Association president PT Usha on Friday for criticising a protest by wrestlers in Delhi