Vinesh Phogat made many shocking revelations, WFI president sexually abused women wrestlers, threatened to kill me

New Delhi: In a shocking revelation, Vinesh Phogat wept on Wednesday, alleging that Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) president and BJP MP Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh has been sexually harassing women wrestlers for years and demanded that the Prime Minister and the Home Minister be removed. sought intervention. Vinesh, a world championship medalist and Olympian, also claimed that women wrestlers were exploited by several coaches at the national camp in Lucknow. He alleged that there are some women in the camp who approach wrestlers at the behest of the WFI president.

The 28-year-old wrestler, however, clarified that she herself has not faced such abuse. He claimed that he had received death threats from officials close to him at the behest of the WFI president because he had dared to draw the attention of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to these issues during his meeting with him after the Tokyo Olympic Games. After sitting on a dharna for over four hours at Jantar Mantar here, Vinesh said, “I know at least 10-12 women wrestlers who have told me about the sexual harassment faced by the WFI president.” He told me his stories. I cannot name them right now but if we meet the Prime Minister and the Home Minister of the country, I can definitely reveal the names.

Tokyo Olympics bronze medalist Bajrang Punia, sitting with Vinesh, said the federation was being run in an arbitrary manner and he would not participate in any international event until the WFI president was removed. In an unprecedented move, the country’s top wrestlers came together to protest against the ‘dictatorship’ of the W president. Bajrang, Vinesh, Rio Olympic medalist Sakshi Malik, World Championship medalist Sarita Mor, Sangeeta Phogat, Satyawart Malik, Jitendra Kinha and Commonwealth Games medalist Sumit Malik are among the 30 wrestlers sitting on a dharna at Jantar Mantar.

Bajrang said, ‘Our fight is not against the government or the Sports Authority of India. We are against WFI. We will give its details today. This is now an all-out fight. “He said,” We will not participate in any international competition until the WFI president is removed. This is a fight to save Indian wrestling.” Bajrang’s support staff, including his coach Sujit Mann and physio Anand Dubey, were also on strike. Another wrestler said, “Dictatorship will not work.” Singh has been the WFI president since 2011 and was elected for the third consecutive term in February 2019.