CORSIER-SUR-VEVEY (SWITZERLAND): The United World Wrestling (UWW) on Tuesday condemned the detention of India’s high wrestlers throughout their protest in Jantar Mantar and threatened to droop the nationwide federation WFI if it fails to carry its election inside the stipulated time.
The world physique mentioned it has been maintaining a tally of the protest by the wrestlers in opposition to the outgoing Wrestling Federation of India president Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh for allegedly sexually harassing a number of ladies.
“For a number of months, United World Wrestling has adopted with nice concern the scenario in India the place wrestlers are protesting over allegations of abuse and harassment by the President of the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI),” UWW mentioned in a press release.
“It has taken due word that the WFI President has been put apart at an early stage and is at present not in cost.”
Unprecedented scenes of police dragging Olympic and world championships medallists, together with Sakshi Malik, Vinesh Phogat, Bajrang Punia and Sangeeta Phogat, have been witnessed when the wrestlers and their supporters breached the safety cordon throughout their march in direction of the brand new Parliament constructing for the deliberate ladies’s ‘Mahapanchayat’ on Sunday.
The wrestlers are demanding the arrest of outgoing WFI president Brij Bhushan for allegedly sexually harassing a number of ladies wrestlers, together with a minor.
That they had known as for a ladies’s Mahapanchayat on the new Parliament constructing at a time when it was being inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
“The occasions of those final days are much more worrying that the wrestlers have been arrested and quickly detained by the police for initiating a march of protest. The location the place they’d been protesting for greater than a month has additionally been cleared out by the authorities.
“UWW firmly condemns the therapy and detention of the wrestlers. It expresses its disappointment over the dearth of outcomes of the investigations to date. UWW urges the related authorities to conduct an intensive and neutral investigation into the allegations.
“Because it has already executed because the starting of this case, UWW will maintain a gathering with the wrestlers to inquire about their situation and security and reconfirm our help for a good and simply decision of their considerations.”
The Sports activities Ministry had requested the Indian Olympic Affiliation (IOA) to type an ad-hoc committee to conduct the elections for the Govt Committee of the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) inside 45 days of its formation.
On April 27, a two-member ad-hoc committee was fashioned to run the day-to-day affairs of WFI and in addition conduct the elections. It has been 33 days since, leaving the physique with simply 12 days to carry the polls.
UWW mentioned it’ll ban the nationwide federation if it fails to carry the elective basic meeting on time.
“Lastly, UWW will request additional details about the following elective basic meeting from the IOA and the Advert-hoc Committee of the WFI. The 45-day deadline that was initially set to carry this elective meeting shall be revered,” it mentioned.
“Failing to take action could lead UWW to droop the federation, thereby forcing the athletes to compete beneath a impartial flag. It’s reminded that UWW already took a measure on this scenario by reallocating the Asian Championship deliberate in New Delhi earlier this 12 months.”
The world physique mentioned it has been maintaining a tally of the protest by the wrestlers in opposition to the outgoing Wrestling Federation of India president Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh for allegedly sexually harassing a number of ladies.
“For a number of months, United World Wrestling has adopted with nice concern the scenario in India the place wrestlers are protesting over allegations of abuse and harassment by the President of the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI),” UWW mentioned in a press release.
“It has taken due word that the WFI President has been put apart at an early stage and is at present not in cost.”
Unprecedented scenes of police dragging Olympic and world championships medallists, together with Sakshi Malik, Vinesh Phogat, Bajrang Punia and Sangeeta Phogat, have been witnessed when the wrestlers and their supporters breached the safety cordon throughout their march in direction of the brand new Parliament constructing for the deliberate ladies’s ‘Mahapanchayat’ on Sunday.
The wrestlers are demanding the arrest of outgoing WFI president Brij Bhushan for allegedly sexually harassing a number of ladies wrestlers, together with a minor.
That they had known as for a ladies’s Mahapanchayat on the new Parliament constructing at a time when it was being inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
“The occasions of those final days are much more worrying that the wrestlers have been arrested and quickly detained by the police for initiating a march of protest. The location the place they’d been protesting for greater than a month has additionally been cleared out by the authorities.
“UWW firmly condemns the therapy and detention of the wrestlers. It expresses its disappointment over the dearth of outcomes of the investigations to date. UWW urges the related authorities to conduct an intensive and neutral investigation into the allegations.
“Because it has already executed because the starting of this case, UWW will maintain a gathering with the wrestlers to inquire about their situation and security and reconfirm our help for a good and simply decision of their considerations.”
The Sports activities Ministry had requested the Indian Olympic Affiliation (IOA) to type an ad-hoc committee to conduct the elections for the Govt Committee of the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) inside 45 days of its formation.
On April 27, a two-member ad-hoc committee was fashioned to run the day-to-day affairs of WFI and in addition conduct the elections. It has been 33 days since, leaving the physique with simply 12 days to carry the polls.
UWW mentioned it’ll ban the nationwide federation if it fails to carry the elective basic meeting on time.
“Lastly, UWW will request additional details about the following elective basic meeting from the IOA and the Advert-hoc Committee of the WFI. The 45-day deadline that was initially set to carry this elective meeting shall be revered,” it mentioned.
“Failing to take action could lead UWW to droop the federation, thereby forcing the athletes to compete beneath a impartial flag. It’s reminded that UWW already took a measure on this scenario by reallocating the Asian Championship deliberate in New Delhi earlier this 12 months.”
