Veteran wrestlers of the country President of Indian Wrestling Federation Brijbhushan Sharan Singh There has been an uproar ever since the front was opened accusing him of sexual harassment. Apart from Olympic medalist Bajrang Punia and Sakshi Malik, World Championship medalist Vinesh Phogat also stood firm in demanding Bhushan’s arrest. Meanwhile, the National Human Rights Commission has issued notices to a total of 15 federations apart from the Sports Ministry, SAI, WFI and BCCI. As per law these federations do not have an internal grievance committee.
The wrestlers’ performance has mainly focused on the wrestling federation, but it has also exposed the shortcomings of various sports federations running in the country. In 2013, under the Prevention of Sexual Exploitation Act, it is mandatory for all types of institutions, companies and offices to have an ICC. Failure to do so will be considered a violation of law.
Notification to Ministry of Sports and Associations
As far as the organizations and boards that look after the work of different sports in India are concerned, the situation here is not very good. A recent investigation by the English newspaper Indian Express revealed that in 15 out of 30 sports federations either the ICC does not exist or those that do do not fully follow the rules.
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Now the NHRC has taken note of this report and has issued notices to these 16 federations and sought their replies. Apart from wrestling federation, it includes federations like badminton, volleyball, table tennis, archery, basketball. Not only these sports associations but the NHRC’s notice has also gone to the Sports Authority of India (SAI), the Union Sports Ministry.
BCCI is also in trouble
Not only this, this notice has also been sent to the Board of Control for Cricket in India i.e. BCCI, which runs cricket in the country, due to which BCCI has also come under suspicion. The commission has asked all to reply to the notice within the next 4 weeks. It has also been asked what is the position of ICC in these associations and what steps have been taken to deal with such cases.
Talking about BCCI, a few years ago the former CEO of the board Rahul Johri was also accused of sexual harassment. However, these allegations are before he became the CEO of BCCI. A three-member inquiry committee was then formed by the BCCI and he was cleared of these charges.
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