Sakshi, Bajrang hit out at suspended WFI for organising nationals
The WFI was suspended immediately after Sanjay, a close aide of former president Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, won the elections.
The WFI was suspended immediately after Sanjay, a close aide of former president Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, won the elections.
On Wednesday, Rahul shared pictures from his visit to the Virendra Akhara, with a caption hinting at the ongoing row over the election and the subsequent suspension of the WFI by the sports ministry.
The Congress leader said that wrestlers should be allowed to serve the country with full honour.
The IOC panel has been asked to manage daily affairs of the Wrestling Federation of India, including selection of athletes.
The wrestlers are demanding action against Brijbushan Sharan Singh, accused of sexually harassing women players.
“I am returning my Padma Shri award to the Prime Minister. This is a letter to say that,” Punia posted on X (formerly Twitter).
Not for nothing is politics described as the art of the possible: twists and turns in a story finally lead to the box-office climax when all knotty entanglements that rise transiently above human IQ to paint a gloomy forecast, fall away with clockwork precision.
A total of 18 wrestlers, six each in Greco-Roman, men’s freestyle and women’s freestyles, were selected for the Asiad. An additional two standbys, for the women’s 53kg and men’s 65kg, were also picked.
The protesting wrestlers who had not trained since January in any official camp were still retained in the Target Olympic Podium Scheme (TOPS) scheme.
The two wrestlers met the Bhim Army chief at the hospital and inquired about his health.
