Wrestlers vs Wrestling Federation of India LIVE Updates: WFI i.e. Wrestling Federation of India chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh (WFI President Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh) after being accused of sexual harassment, the country’s top wrestlers on the streets Have come down and are demonstrating at Jantar Mantar in Delhi. Veteran wrestlers of the country, including wrestlers Vinesh Phogat, Bajrang Punia, Sakshi Milak, Anshu Malik and Ravi Dahiya, are demanding immediate dissolution of the WFI i.e. Wrestling Federation of India from the Sports Ministry and action against the President of the Wrestling Federation. Meanwhile, the wrestlers also held talks with Sports Minister Anurag Thakur on Thursday, but the meeting turned out to be inconclusive. It is believed that even today the wrestlers will have talks with the Sports Minister. At the same time, Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, President and MP of Wrestling Federation of India, is also going to hold a press conference today at 12 noon. So let’s know all the special updates related to Wrestler vs Wrestling Federation of India riot.
Wrestlers vs Wrestling Federation of India LIVE Updates:
If sources are to be believed, Union Sports Minister Anurag Thakur will hold a second round of meeting with the wrestlers sitting on strike at 10:15 am today.
Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) President Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh will hold a press conference today at 12 noon at the Wrestling Training Center in Nawabganj, Gonda district of Uttar Pradesh and present his stand on the allegations of the wrestlers.
If sources are to be believed, the protesting wrestlers will hold talks with Sports Minister Anurag Thakur even today. It is believed that even now there are many such issues, which have not been resolved in the meeting.
Wrestler vs WFI Dangal: No concrete result came out of talks with Anurag Thakur, the meeting of wrestlers with Sports Minister will continue even today
In fact, Sports Minister Anurag Thakur kept trying to end the deadlock till late Thursday night amidst the demand of the country’s top wrestlers to dissolve the Indian Wrestling Federation with immediate effect. Several Indian wrestlers, including Olympic medalists Bajrang Punia and Sakshi Malik, World Championship medalist Vinesh Phogat, have been staging a sit-in at Jantar Mantar here for the past two days alleging sexual harassment and threats against WFI president Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh.
Protesting wrestlers including Vinesh, Bajrang, Sakshi, Anshu Malik, Ravi Dahiya, Sarita Mor met Thakur at his residence on Thursday night and demanded immediate action. The meeting between the two sides continued till late night in which both the sides have so far failed to find any concrete solution.
According to sources, the government wants the wrestlers to end their protest but the players are adamant that the WFI should be dissolved first. A source close to the wrestlers said, “The government can sort out other issues later…but it should first dissolve the WFI.” Three-time Commonwealth Games medalist and BJP leader Babita Phogat on Thursday became the ‘messenger’ of the government and assured the fulfillment of their demands to the wrestlers sitting on the dharna, who are demanding the dissolution of the Wrestling Federation of India.
The team of wrestlers, which included three-time Commonwealth champion Vinesh Phogat and Olympic bronze medalist Bajrang Punia, and Sakshi Malik and her husband Satyavrat Kandyan, were then called for a meeting with the government. All of them also discussed their issues with Sports Secretary Sujata Chaturvedi, Director General of Sports Authority of India Sandeep Pradhan and Joint Secretary (Sports) Kunal. In an hour-long meeting, the wrestlers were asked to end their protest and assured that their grievances would be resolved.
Meanwhile, WFI is yet to respond to the ministry’s demand for clarification within 72 hours, adding to the skepticism. The ministry, however, cannot force Brij Bhushan to resign until it gets a written reply as the government itself has sought clarification from the WFI.
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FIRST PUBLISHED : January 20, 2023, 09:13 IST
