New controversy starts in Indian wrestling, junior wrestlers protest against Bajrang, Sakshi and Vinesh
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The ongoing crisis in Indian wrestling took a new turn on Wednesday when hundreds of junior wrestlers gathered at Jantar Mantar to protest against the loss of a year in their careers and blamed Bajrang Punia, Sakshi Malik and Vinesh Phogat for it.
Let us tell you that junior wrestlers reached Jantar Mantar in Delhi from various parts of Uttar Pradesh, Haryana and Delhi in buses. Of these, about 300 were from Arya Samaj Akhara of Chhaprauli, Baghpat, while many were also from Virendra Wrestling Academy of Narela. Many are still sitting in buses and preparing to join their fellow wrestlers at Jantar Mantar. The security personnel had a lot of trouble in controlling them.
These wrestlers were raising slogans against Bajrang, Sakshi and Vinesh. They were holding banners that read, “UWW save our wrestling from these three wrestlers.”
It is worth noting that about a year ago, these three top wrestlers were sitting on a dharna at Jantar Mantar over allegations of sexual harassment against former Indian Wrestling Federation chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh. At that time, farmer groups, social workers, politicians, women’s organizations and wrestlers supported him.
Indian wrestling took a fresh twist on Wednesday #JantarMantarwho is right who is wrong !!!@ianuragthakur @b_bhushansharan @wfi_wrestling@manoramanews #WrestlersProtest @SakshiMalik @Phogat_Vinesh @BajrangPunia pic.twitter.com/z0ffnO90MA
— JOSEPH K THOMAS (@JOSEPHT57638751) January 3, 2024
Now the wrestling community itself is standing against these wrestlers and accusing them of ruining their career. National camps and competitions have come to a standstill from January 2023. The WFI has been suspended twice and an ad-hoc committee is running the game. These protesting wrestlers have demanded that the suspended WFI should be reinstated and the ad-hoc committee should be dissolved.
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