What’s next as Sports Ministry suspends WFI? Sanjay Singh reveals

Updated:2 years, 7 months ago

Ranchi (Jharkhand), December 24 (ANI): Union Sports Ministry on December 24 decided to suspend wrestling's premier governing body in the country, Wrestling Federation of India. Sanjay Singh, who was recently elected as the president of the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI), informed that the suspended officials plan to approach the Central Government to get the suspension revoked. “Will go talk to the Central Government, will talk to PM Modi, Union Sports Minister because this has put the future of wrestlers in jeopardy. Some members of the Executive Committee will accompany me. We will try to get the suspension revoked,” said Singh while speaking to ANI. Also commenting on the claims of his closeness with former WFI president Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, Sanjay Singh said, “When New Federation was formed, he was sent off and today he told that he has retired from wrestling, Sakshee Malikkh has also retired. Both of them have retired, so they should let the federation run peacefully. The former president and I are from different communities; how can we be relatives? When he was the president of the federation, I was joint secretary. So, yes there was a bond and friendship at that time between us.”

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