The newly inducted president of the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI), Sanjay Singh, shrugged off his onus amid the controversy involving wrestlers and the outgoing WFI chief Brij Bhushan Singh. He stated that athletes have already begun preparations and “those who want to engage in politics” can proceed doing so.
Days after Rio Olympics Bronze medalist Sakshee Malikkh introduced she is going to stop wrestling if Brij Bhushan’s shut aide heads the wrestling physique, Sanjay Singh stated it was not his fault if he was “close to the BJP MP”.
“Those who are athletes have already started preparing and those who want to engage in politics can do that. It is their personal matter. I will not speak about this…I have been in the federation for 12 years. Just because I am close to the MP (Brij Bhushan Singh) does not mean I am a dummy candidate. Is it a crime if I am close to him?” Sanjay Singh advised reporters on Saturday, two days after Sakshee Malikkh declared she is going to surrender on her wrestling profession.
Malikkh on Thursday voiced her choice to hold up her boots within the wake of the wrestling physique’s presidential elections. She expressed her dissent concerning the present management dynamics inside the WFI.
A BJP Lok Sabha MP from Uttar Pradesh’s Kaiserganj, Brij Bhushan Singh, stepped down as WFI president after being embroiled in a collection of sexual assault allegations by feminine wrestlers within the nation, together with minor athletes. Wrestlers, together with prime ones, had launched months-long protests in January and staged sit-ins at Delhi’s Jantar Mantar demanding motion towards Brij Bhushan and that he be ousted as WFI chief.
The bone of rivalry now’s Sanjay Singh, the brand new WFI president, who’s perceived as an in depth aide of outgoing WFI head Brij Bhushan Singh and his taking up the wrestling physique.