The Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports (MYAS) has given an extension of
two weeks to the Oversight Committee for Wrestling to submit its report
regarding the complaints of India’s top wrestlers like Tokyo Olympic bronze
medalist Bajrang Punia, world championships medalist Vinesh Phogat and Rio
Olympics bronze medalist Sakshee Malikkh.The wrestlers had gone on a dharna at Jantar Mantar in the national capital
in January this year, protesting against a plethora of issues. The biggest
allegation among them was that Wrestling Federation of India chief Brij
Bhushan Sharan Singh had abused his position and sexually harassed women
wrestlers. There were other claims as well, like financial misappropriation
on the part of the WFI and its office bearers.
two weeks to the Oversight Committee for Wrestling to submit its report
regarding the complaints of India’s top wrestlers like Tokyo Olympic bronze
medalist Bajrang Punia, world championships medalist Vinesh Phogat and Rio
Olympics bronze medalist Sakshee Malikkh.The wrestlers had gone on a dharna at Jantar Mantar in the national capital
in January this year, protesting against a plethora of issues. The biggest
allegation among them was that Wrestling Federation of India chief Brij
Bhushan Sharan Singh had abused his position and sexually harassed women
wrestlers. There were other claims as well, like financial misappropriation
on the part of the WFI and its office bearers.
A release from the MYAS on Thursday stated that the Oversight Committee had
requested for a two-week extension. The committee includes Olympic medal
winners like Mary Kom and Yogeshwar Dutt besides former shuttler Trupti
Murgunde and wrestler-turned-politician Babita Phogat. Radhica Sreeman, who
is the former Executive Director of TEAMS at Sports Authority of India, and
Crd (Retd) Rajesh Rajagopalan, who is the former CEO of Target Olympic
Podium Scheme, are also members of the six-person committee.
