The office of the Wrestling Federation of India has been moved from Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh’s residence
The new office of the Wrestling Federation of India is located in the Hari Nagar area of New Delhi.
New Delhi: The Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) on Friday shifted its office from the residence of its former president and BJP MP Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh after the Sports Ministry recently raised strong objections to it. “The WFI will operate from a new address in New Delhi after vacating Brij Bhushan’s premises,” a source told PTI on condition of anonymity.
The new WFI office is located in the Hari Nagar district of New Delhi. While the ministry had suspended the newly formed WFI panel headed by President Sanjay Singh on December 24, three days after he was elected its head, the office running from Brij Bhushan’s residence had cited it as one of the reasons for taking the strict measures.
“The affairs of the federation are being conducted from the premises controlled by former office bearers (Brij Bhushan) – which is also the alleged premises where sexual harassment of the players is alleged and where the court is hearing the matter,” the ministry had said in his letter said.
The ministry also said the new body was working under the “full control of former (WFI) office-bearers”, which was not in accordance with the National Sports Code. Several top wrestlers, including Olympic medalists Bajrang Punia and Sakshi Malik and World Cup medalist Vinesh Phogat, have leveled allegations of sexual harassment against Brij Bhushan and the case is being heard in the Delhi High Court.
After Sanjay Singh, a close aide of Brij Bhushan, was elected WFI chief on December 21, Sakshi decided to retire from wrestling, while Bajrang returned his Padma Shri and Vinesh decided to return her Khel Ratna and Arjuna Award, because they claimed they didn’t want to. any close aide of the BJP MP to head the federation.
The Indian Olympic Association (IOA) has once again constituted a three-member ad hoc committee chaired by Wushu Association of India chief Bhupender Singh Bajwa to manage the affairs of the sport.