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Special to Express | ‘Today we can stand without fear, look Brij Bhushan in the eye, and tell him — we are not going anywhere’: Vinesh Phogat | Sport-others News

Right from the morning of Friday, May 10, my fellow wrestlers and I were waiting to know what happens in court. We had logged in online but the connection had snapped for a while. Later in the afternoon, it was someone from our team of lawyers who informed Sakshi (Malik) that charges have been framed. I was at training when I got the news. The framing of charges (sexual harassment and outraging modesty of women) against former Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) president and BJP MP Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh is a win for us but our battle will continue in court. Today we can stand without fear, our head held high, look him in the eye, the man we were afraid of for so many years. Brij Bhushan has got the message that we are not going anywhere until women wrestlers get justice. The framing of charges also sends a strong message that women can take on powerful men and they don’t have to be afraid. Protesting against someone so powerful was not easy, …