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New Delhi: Controversy in Indian wrestling is not ready to stop. Global competition over a few months; Also, even after one and a half years of Olympic Games, the dispute between the wrestlers and the administration continues. Now, the wrestlers have claimed that the central government did not discuss with us before announcing the committee to look after the affairs of the wrestling federation.
Bajrang Punia, Vinesh Phogat, Sarita Mor, Sakshi Malik staged a sit-in for three days at Jantar-Mantar to remove Brijbhushan Sharan Singh. All of them have now tweeted that the committee was appointed without asking them. Everyone’s tweet is the same. “Before appointing the committee, it was promised that we would be discussed with them. We are distressed that the committee has been appointed without any discussion,” he tweeted. He has tagged Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Amit Shah and Anurag Thakur while tweeting this. ‘We have hope. It will be unfortunate if we don’t get justice,” Geeta tweeted. This controversy has been increasing for the past few days. Initially, the wrestlers of India had requested the government to intervene in this. After that Sports Minister Anurag Thakur met the wrestlers. But after that, nothing positive has come forward for the wrestlers.
Sports Minister Anurag Thakur has constituted a five-member committee under the chairmanship of Mary Kom to look after the affairs of the Wrestling Federation of India. This committee will investigate the allegation against Brijbhushan; He will also look after the affairs of the wrestling federation. The committee includes former wrestler Yogeshwar Dutt, former badminton player; Also included are Tripti Murgunde, a member of the Mission Olympic Cell, Rajagopalan, the former CEO of the ‘TOPS’ scheme and Radhika Sriman, the former Director of Sports Authority.
