After the conclusion of elections on Thursday, the Wrestling Federation of India wrote to United World Wrestling and requested to lift the ban on Friday, December 22. New WFI president Sanjay Singh revealed that the ban imposed by UWW needs to be lifted after holding elections democratically.Â
World wrestling physique had slapped WFI with a suspension after the delayed election to kind a brand new governing physique in August. As a outcome, Indian wrestlers had to compete within the 2022 Asian Games in Hangzhou below a UWW flag and fared poorly.
Now the elections are over and a brand new physique is headed by Sanjay Singh, an in depth aide to the ex-chief Brij Bhushan Singh, the WFI is taking a look at UWW to lift the ban.Â
“We wrote to the UWW today that the ban imposed on WFI should now be lifted as elections have been held democratically,” Sanjay Singh advised PTI on Friday. “I am sure the suspension will end soon.”Â
Sanjay Singh additionally added that each junior and senior wrestlers are struggling due to a scarcity of competitors and restarting the league will likely be a precedence. Sanjay Singh confirmed that Maharashtra’s Ahmednagar will host the Senior National Championships beginning on January 28, 2024.
“The wrestlers, both junior and senior, have suffered a lot in the last few months for lack of competitions. Our priority is to restart the competitions. We are working towards that. Senior Nationals will be hosted by Maharashtra. The states have also announced their trials for the senior Nationals,” Sanjay Singh added.
Meanwhile, new secretary basic Prem Chand Lochab and senior vice-president Devender Singh Kadian had been absent from the WFI assembly in New Delhi. Both Prem Chand and Devender Singh are from the Anita Sheoran panel that managed to win solely two of 15 posts on Thursday.
WFI can also be trying to maintain their first General Body Meeting (GBM) of the newly-elected federation on January 11 or 12, 2024, in New Delhi.Â
