Wrestlers Vinesh Phogat returns Khel Ratna and Arjuna Awards | WFI Suspend | Sakshi Malik

Wrestler Vinesh Phogat announced on Tuesday that she is returning her Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna and Arjuna awards to protest…

Wrestler Vinesh Phogat on Tuesday announced that she is returning her Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna and Arjuna awards to protest the election of Sanjay Singh as president of the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI).

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“I return my Major Dhyan Chand and Khel Ratna awards. Thanks to the ‘powerful’ who put me in this situation,” she wrote on X (formerly Twitter) and posted her open letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi in this regard.

She received the Khel Ratna in 2020 and the Arjuna Award in 2016. These are the country’s highest and second highest sports awards respectively.

Phogat’s announcement comes days after fellow wrestler Sakshi Malik ‘retired’ from the sport, while Bajrang Punia returned his Padma Shri – the country’s fourth highest civilian honor – to protest the victory of Singh, a ‘loyalist ‘ by BJP MP Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh. ; he succeeded Brij Bhushan as head of the national wrestling organization.

In the WFI elections, held on December 21, people close to Brij Bhushan won 13 of the 15 posts, including that of the President. The results were announced the same day. However, on Sunday, the Union sports ministry suspended the newly elected governing body until further notice.
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