Ajit Karn
Wrestler Babita Phogat, who won a gold medal at the Commonwealth Games, has joined the oversight committee that was established to investigate the multiple charges that have been levelled against Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, the president of the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI).
The Sports Ministry has established an oversight committee, which is currently conducting an investigation into allegations of sexual misconduct, harassment, intimidation, financial irregularities, and administrative lapses committed by the WFI and its chief. These allegations concern the WFI and its chief.
Some of the most well-known grapplers in the world, including Vinesh Phogat, Bajrang Punia, Sakshi Malik, and Ravi Dahiya, are the ones who made the accusations.
The Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports issued a statement that included the following information: “Former wrestler Babita Phogat has been added to the panel of the Oversight Committee formed by the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports to undertake the day-to-day administration of the Wrestling Federation of India.”
The legendary boxer MC Mary Kom serves as the chairperson of the oversight committee, which also includes former wrestler Yogeshwar Dutt, former shuttler Trupti Murgunde, Radhica Sreeman, and Rajesh Rajagopalan, who formerly served as the CEO of the Target Olympic Podium Scheme. Babita is the sixth member of the committee.
In the beginning of this month, the Minister of Sports, Anurag Thakur, made the announcement that a committee would be established to look into the allegations made against the WFI chairman and to also handle the day-to-day operations of the sports organisation.
After receiving reassurances from the government, the grapplers ultimately decided to call off their protest, which brought an end to the conflict between the agitated grapplers and the WFI.
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On the other hand, Bajrang, Vinesh, Sarita Mor, and Sakshi, who participated in a sit-in protest at Jantar Mantar for three days in order to demand the removal of the WFI president, had also expressed their dissatisfaction with the fact that they were not consulted prior to the formation of the committee. They held the sit-in protest at Jantar Mantar.
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