Brij Bhushan Saran Singh’s confidant Sanjay Singh was elected as WFI president. Wrestlers intensified the protest. Tokyo Olympics medalist Bajrang Punia returned his Padma Shri award. Along with this, the actor also wrote a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The actor informed about this through a post shared on X. Yesterday, Rio Olympics bronze medalist Sakshi Malik announced her retirement from wrestling. This is followed by Bajrang Punia’s move.
“I am returning my Padma Shri award to the Prime Minister. This is a letter to say that…’, the actor wrote on X.
Dear Prime Minister, I hope you are in good health. You must be busy with many tasks. But I am writing this to bring to your attention what is happening to wrestlers in the country. You will know that women wrestlers in the country started protesting against Brij Bhushan Singh in January this year, accusing him of sexual assault. I also joined their protest. The protest ended after the government promised strong action’, the actor says in the letter.
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But even after three months there was no FIR against Brij Bhushan. So we hit the streets again in April. With this, Delhi Police filed an FIR against him. In January, there were 19 complainants. But the number has dwindled. It became 7 in April. This means that Brij Bhushan exerted his influence and forced the other 12 wrestlers to withdraw from their protest,” Poonia said.
Sanjay Singh defeated former Commonwealth Games gold medalist Anita Sheoran by 40 votes to seven in the WFI elections held in New Delhi on Thursday, December 21. After this, Sakshi Malik, Bajrang Punia and Vinesh Phogat attended the press conference called by the stars to protest. Actors protested the election of Bij Bhushan’s business partner and close aide Sanjay Singh as the president of WFI. As part of this, Sakshi Malik announced that he is quitting wrestling. The actor made the announcement with his boots on the table with red eyes.
After the elections were held for 15 posts including WFI president, treasurer, general secretary and senior vice president, protests are again taking place in Goda. Uttar Pradesh Wrestling Federation vice-president Sanjay Singh and former Commonwealth Games gold medalist Anita Sheoran were in the running for the post of president. Sheoren is from Haryana and contested from Odisha. With the win, Sheoran aimed to become the first female president of a national wrestling organization. Sheoran had the support of wrestlers including Sakshi Malik, Bajrang Punia and Vinesh Phogat who protested against Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh who was expelled for sexually harassing women wrestlers and more. But when the results came in, Sheoran managed to get just seven votes.
2023-12-22 12:27:57
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