Published By: Sports Desk
Last Updated: February 29, 2024, 14:07 IST
Bajrang Punia in the course of the wrester’s protest in Delhi (Agency Photo)
Bajrang Punia made it clear that they — Vinesh Phogat, retired Sakshi Malik and different protesting wrestlers – won’t participate within the nationwide trials introduced by the WFI, until the federal government intervene within the matter and supply a “proper solution”.
Olympic bronze medallist Bajrang Punia on Thursday made it clear that they — Vinesh Phogat, retired Sakshi Malik and different protesting wrestlers – won’t participate within the nationwide trials introduced by the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI), until the federal government intervene within the matter and supply a “proper solution”.
Olympic bronze medallist Bajrang Punia on Thursday made it clear that they — Vinesh Phogat, retired Sakshi Malik and different protesting wrestlers – won’t participate within the nationwide trials introduced by the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI), until the federal government intervene within the matter and supply a “proper solution”.
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On Monday, the WFI has invited the protesting grapplers to take part within the trials in March to pick out the groups for 2 prime Asian competitions, together with the 2024 Paris Games Qualifiers in Kyrgyzstan.
Speaking solely to IANS, Bajrang stated, “We don’t know what is happening. Why is the government not doing anything? WFI is holding state elections, using government money, and holding trials despite getting suspended by the sports ministry. This is really disheartening. If trials are only in the hands of WFI (Wrestling Federation of India) and the government won’t do anything, then we will not go for the trials too.”
“He (Sanjay Singh) is making a mockery of all the rules and the government is not doing anything. This is bizarre. We need a proper solution to this.”
Earlier this month, the United World Wrestling (UWW) lifted the suspension of the Indian wrestling physique with a situation that the three grapplers can be given truthful likelihood and never be discriminated towards for protesting towards former nationwide federation chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh.
The three have been demanding the arrest of Brij Bhushan for his alleged sexual harassment of ladies wrestlers. The sports activities ministry had additionally suspended the WFI final yr within the wake of the intense allegations and instituted an advert-hoc panel to run the affairs of the game.
The newly-elected physique underneath Sanjay Singh was additionally suspended by the ministry.
However, with UWW backing, the WFI is now holding trials.
Interestingly, the federal government can’t intrude within the matter of the WFI immediately, in any other case UWW will droop it and Indian wrestlers must play underneath their banner in main tournaments.
(This story has not been edited by News18 workers and is printed from a syndicated information company feed – IANS)
