Former WFI chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh-aide Sanjay Singh was on Thursday elected as the brand new president of the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI). The Wrestling Federation of India elections had been held on Thursday, December 21, after a number of postponements earlier within the 12 months. The vote occurred earlier within the day in New Delhi, and the counting started quickly after.
A panel of Sanjay Singh gained the WFI election by 40 votes whereas the opposite panel acquired 7 votes. Following the announcement, wrestler Sakshi Malik determined to stop from wrestling.
“In the end, we slept for 40 days on the roads but I’d like to thank the several people of our country who came to support us during the protests earlier this year. If Brij Bhushan Singh’s business partner and a close aide is elected as the president of WFI, I quit wrestling,” Malik informed media in a press convention in New Delhi on Thursday.
#WATCH | Delhi: Wrestler Sakshi Malik breaks down as she says “…If Brij Bhushan Singh’s business partner and a close aide is elected as the president of WFI, I quit wrestling…” pic.twitter.com/26jEqgMYSd
 ANI (@ANI) December 21, 2023
“National Camps (for wrestling) will be organised. Wrestlers who want to do politics can do politics, those who want to do wrestling will do wrestling,” Singh informed the reporters.Â
Sanjay served on the WFI’s earlier govt council. Since 2019, he has additionally served because the nationwide federation’s joint secretary.
The WFI elections had been initially slated to be held on August 12. However, the Punjab and Haryana High Court, whereas holding a listening to on a petition in August, prolonged the keep on the WFI elections until September 25. Elections to the federation, which oversees wrestling within the nation, had been initially deliberate for June this 12 months.
Earlier, this month, Bajrang Punia and Sakshi Malik met Union Sports Minister Anurag Thakur at his residence within the nationwide capital for discussions on the WFI polls.Â
Sakshi’s husband Satyawart Kadian, a wrestler himself, was additionally amongst those that known as on the minister. Speaking to reporters after the assembly, the wrestlers stated they had been assured that the federal government would hold its promise that nobody associated or near Brij Bhushan would get a submit within the WFI.
As the outcomes are out the press convention is to be held by star wrestlers and Olympic medallists Vinesh Phogat, Bajrang Punia and Sakshi Malik, who earlier got here out in opposition to the now-deposed WFI chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, accusing him of sexual harassment. (With ANI inputs)
