Brij Bhushan, a BJP MP, acknowledged that 22 of 25 state items attended a convention he convened on Sunday, and that “his candidates” for varied federation elections on August 12 might be named on Monday.
Brij Bhushan paid a go to to the Indian Olympic Affiliation workplace right here on Monday, the final day of nominations for WFI elections.
“Right now is the final day of nominations, members from 22 state associations had been right here and so they got here to satisfy and at the moment are going for submitting their nominations. There isn’t any one from my household,” he mentioned.
“Let the elections occur first after which whoever wins will do their work.”
Brij Bhushan, towards whom the nation’s six high wrestlers, together with Olympic medalists Bajrang Punia and Sakshi Malik, and Asian Video games gold medallist Vinesh Phogat, have leveled allegations of sexual harassment and sat in protest at Jantar Mantar, is ineligible to contest as a result of he has served as head of the federation for 12 years, the utmost allowed by the Nationwide Sports activities Code.
Brij Bhushan’s son Karan can be not within the electoral faculty as a result of Sports activities Minister Anurag Thakur informed protesting wrestlers at Jantar Mantar that nobody within the BJP chief’s household would run within the polls.
Moreover, the BJP chief’s son-in-law Vishal Singh (President, Bihar Wrestling Federation), who was extensively tipped as his successor for the highest WFI job, wouldn’t run within the August 12 election for any high place.
Brij Bhushan’s candidacy might encounter opposition from opponents, who reportedly held their very own gathering at a special venue within the nationwide capital.
The state items of Assam, Odisha, and Himachal Pradesh are mentioned to have attended the assembly.
(With inputs from PTI)
