Congress asks PM to sack WFI chief after scuffle; Rahul slams hypocrisy

The Congress on Thursday slammed the BJP-led central government over a scuffle between the Delhi Police and the wrestlers protesting at Jantar Mantar here, with Rahul Gandhi condemning such "shameful" behaviour with sportspersons and alleging the ruling party has "never shied away" from committing atrocities on the daughters of the country.

The Opposition party also called on Prime Minister Narendra Modi to sack Wrestling Federation of India chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, against whom the wrestlers are protesting.

The party urged the PM to show "sensitivity" to the protesting grapplers by visiting them at Jantar Mantar.

Rahul Gandhi in a tweet condemned the manhandling of female wrestlers. "Such behaviour with the players of the country is shameful."

"'Beti Bachao' is just hypocrisy. In fact, the BJP has never shied away from committing atrocities on the daughters of the country," Gandhi said in his tweet in Hindi, while sharing a video of the players in which they are seen accus