Bollywood actor couple Parvin Dabas and Preeti Jhangiani, who launched the Pro Panja League just before the Coronavirus-caused lockdown last year, to promote competition among the country’s top-ranked arm-wrestlers, are all set to make it a franchise-based event. 

Dabas and Jhangiani attended the Vijender Singh vs Artysh Lopsan boxing match atop the Majestic Pride Casino ship on Friday, where they also showcased a couple of Pro Panja matches that were well received by the audience. “Arm-wrestling has a huge following not just in India but worldwide and going by the previous competitions we’ve had in the country, the response has been brilliant. There are hundreds of arm-wrestlers queuing up to join PPL. Our plan is to launch a six-team franchise-based league later this year,” Dabas told mid-day.