Coming down closely at the aggrieved wrestlers, Indian Olympic Affiliation (IOA) President PT Usha on Thursday stated the grapplers protesting at the streets quantities to indiscipline and is tarnishing the rustic’s symbol.
Embellished wrestlers Vinesh Phogat, Bajrang Punia and Sakshi malik are the 3 central characters within the renewed protests in opposition to Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) president Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, who has been accused of sexual harassment and legal intimidation via the grapplers.
“Wrestlers staging protest on streets quantities to indiscipline. It’s tarnishing the picture of India,” Usha instructed newshounds after IOA’s Government Committee assembly.
The IOA additionally instituted a three-member adhoc panel, together with former shooter Suma Shirur, Wushu Affiliation of India leader Bhupendra Singh Bajwa and headed via a yet-to-be-named retired top courtroom pass judgement on, to run the affairs of the WFI till a brand new frame is elected.
The IOA and the federal government had controlled to placate the wrestlers with assurances to probe their allegations in opposition to Sharan and the WFI after the protest first broke out in January.
