Delhi HC to hear wrestlers’ plea against WFI elections
The Delhi High Court is scheduled to hear a petition on Monday by Indian wrestlers Bajrang Punia, Vinesh Phogat, Sakshi Malik, and her husband Satyawart Kadian.
Stung by criticism, BJP MP Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh is learnt to have written to the Union Sports Minister, on the allegations against him by a section of women wrestlers, who have been staging dharna in Delhi demanding his resignation as the president of the Wrestling Federation of India, since January Wednesday.
Brij Bhushan, who has been refusing to read the demands of his resignation as WFI president, cancelled his press conference on Friday evening.
However, MP’s son Prateek Bhushan Singh, who is an MLA interacted with the journalists saying that the decision will be taken only after the meeting of the Wrestling Federation of India slated for Sunday next in Ayodhya.
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He also confirmed that his father had sent a reply on the issue to the Sports Ministry on Friday. He said, “My father will interact with the media only after the meeting of the Association.”
Meanwhile, the Indian Olympic Association (IOC) is also convening an emergency meeting on Saturday to discuss the issue.
On the other hand, around 6 wrestlers from Haryana boycotted the Open National Wrestling Championship, to be held in Gonda from Saturday. The 6 wrestlers, mostly boys, have left Gonda to join the ongoing dharna in New Delhi
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