Indian sports ministry suspends newly elected Wrestling Federation of India body headed by chief Sanjay Singh
Official: Sanjay Singh succeeds Brij Bhushan Singh as new WFI president, paves way to lift ban on organisation
The Ministry of Sports, Indiasuspended the newly elected Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) body headed by chief Sanjay Singh on Sunday, December 24. The suspension comes afterWFI failed to followthe provisions of the constitution of WFI while announcing a hasty plan to host the wrestling nationals.
The WFI had announced the plans to hold the nationals for U-15 and U-20 age group before the end of ongoing year, that is, in the next seven days.
The ministry, in its statement saidthe announcement was made in 'haste' as it didn't give the wrestlers sufficient notice. The ministry also found the decision to hold nationals on such short notice in breach of the WFI constitution.
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"Such decisions are to be taken by Executive Committee, before which agendas are required to be placed for consideration. As per Article XI of the WFI constitution under the Heading ‘Notices and Quorum for Meetings’, minimum notice period for EC meeting is 15 clear days and quorum is of 1/3rd of representatives. Even for Emergency EC meeting, minimum notice period is 7 clear days with quorum requirement of 1/3rd of representatives," read the ministry's statement.
The ministry also observed that the newly elected body "appears to be in complete control of former office bearers in complete disregard to the Sports Code."
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The WFI has been instructed to suspend all its activities till further orders by the ministry.
Notably, new chief Sanjay Singh is a close aide of the former WFI president Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh who has been facing sexual harassmentcharges. Many prominent wrestlers including Olympic gold medal winners Sakshi Malik and Bajrang Punia were part of the protest against Brij Bhushan since earlier this year.
"The business of the Federation is being run from the premises controlled by former office bearers. Which is also alleged premises wherein sexual harassment of the players have been alleged and present the court is hearing the matter," the ministry also observed.
In the recent developments, Sakshi decided to retire from the game with immediate effect in protest ofSanjay Singh being electedas the new WFI chief. Punia, on the other hand, returned his prestigious civilian award Padam Shree.
