Bajrang Punia along with his spouse Sangeeta Phogat on the protest web site in opposition to the president of Wrestling Federation of India Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi on Sunday morning, April 30, 2023.
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With time operating out to get again to coaching and qualifying for the upcoming Asian Games, the protesting wrestlers admit the scenario is much less than very best however insist their combat is for a bigger trigger.
“We also want to get back to playing and training and get back to our routines. We have been doing only that for years and try to do whatever possible here also. But frankly, if we win justice here I believe it will be bigger than any Asian Games medal,” Bajrang Punia mentioned on Sunday at the same time as their major goal, WFI head Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh stepped up his personal counter-attack and claims of conspiracy.
Bajrang Punia with Vinesh Phogat on the protest web site in opposition to the president of Wrestling Federation of India Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi on Sunday morning, April 30, 2023.
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SHIV KUMAR PUSHPAKAR
The Asian Games trials are anticipated in May and prone to be carried out by the IOA ad-hoc committee fashioned to conduct WFI elections and enter names for worldwide occasions. “We are ready for the long haul because we knew before we came here that this was not going to be easy,” he added.
The protest, nevertheless, exhibits no signal of ending anytime quickly with the wrestlers insistent on Singh’s arrest earlier than taking any resolution. “He wants to give a political colour to this protest and turn it into a different direction but it all started after the SC directed filing of FIR. He started giving statements, activated his supporters on social media, but justice will be done in the court, not the internet,” he declared.
Wrestler Sakshi Malik together with her husband Satyawart Kadian on the protest web site in opposition to the president of Wrestling Federation of India, Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi on Sunday morning, April 30, 2023.
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Shiv Kumar Pushpakar
Asked in regards to the allegations of protesters being current from just one state, Vinesh Phogat retorted, “Nikhat Zareen or Sania Mirza are neither from Haryana nor wrestlers. Olympic gold medallist Abhinav Bindra isn’t either. And he says we are playing political games when we don’t even know how many MPS or MLAs are there in the country!”
