Sakshi-Bajrang accuse WFI of using devious means to get suspension lifted

Olympic medalwinning grapplers Sakshi Malik and Bajrang Punia on Wednesday alleged that national federation chief Sanjay Singh used devious means to get the suspension on WFI lifted by United World Wrestling UWW and threatened to restart their agitation against the bodyThe UWW on Tuesday lifted the provisional suspension on India but directed the national federation to provide written guarantees that there would be no discriminatory action against the protesting trio of Punia Malik and Vinesh PhogatThe suspension was imposed by UWW in August last year after the WFI failed to hold elections in timePunia Malik and Phogat have been protesting for more than a year demanding the arrest of former WFI chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh for allegedly sexually harassing women grapplersWe came to know yesterday that Sanjay Singh had done some setting with UWW to get the suspension lifted Brij Bhushan and Sanjay Singh have left no stone unturned to show that they are above the law said Sakshi in a video posted on XAlso Read Sakshi Malik reacts to morphed photo of smiling wrestlers says no shame leftWFI vs wrestlers Will let you know says ThakurSports Minister Anurag Thakur when asked about the latest developments on the sidelines of the Chess Olympiad Torch handoff ceremony here said We will let you know what we will doSakshi stressed that if the BJP MPs loyalists are allowed to run the affairs of the WFI the protesting wrestlers will be left with no choice but to restart the agitationOur protest has only been suspended I might have retired from wrestling but I not will tolerate Brij Bhushan or his people running the federation and harassing women she assertedIn the next 24 days we will contact the people associated with our agitation and chalk out the future course of action I urge the government to ensure that Brij Bhushan or his group are barred forever from running the federation and some good people are entrusted the task to do the job Otherwise we will have to restart the path of protest warned SakshiPunia echoed the sentiment in his video message on the same platformJust 23 days back Brij Bhushans son became the president of the UP wrestling body despite him saying saying no one from his family will come into wrestling administration The government had promised that Brij Bhushan or anyone of his relatives or associates will not govern the sport Punia saidWFI vs wrestlers Sakshi alleges misuse of funds by WFIBrij Bhushan has stated repeatedly that he has nothing to do with wrestling after completing his tenure as WFI presidentDuring the December elections his loyalist Sanjay Singh was elected president but within three days of taking charge the sports ministry suspended the WFI for violating its own constitution by announcing the dates of the agegroup nationals at a short noticeSakshi also alleged that the Sanjay Singhled WFI had misused the federations funds by conducting parallel nationalsThe IOAconstituted adhoc committee conducted the senior nationals in a very professional manner in Jaipur earlier this month We welcomed that Brij Bhushan and Sanjay Singh started breaking all the rules by conducting parallel nationals in Pune and threatening the coaches and referees and misusing the federations money she saidWith agency inputs