The Sports Minister held a press conference at his residence in the national capital in the early hours of Saturday. He was accompanied by wrestlers Sakshi Malik, Bajrang Punia, Vinesh Phogat, Ravi Dahiya and many others.
Union Sports Minister Anurag Thakur announced on 21 January that Wrestling Federation President Brij Bhushan Singh would step down from the post pending the s of the probe by the monitoring committee and he would join the probe.
He announced the formation of an inspection committee to look into the allegations leveled against the WFI and said that till the completion of the investigation, a committee would look after the day-to-day activities of the WFI.
The Sports Minister held a press conference at his residence in the national capital in the early hours of Saturday. He was accompanied by wrestlers Sakshi Malik, Bajrang Punia, Vinesh Phogat, Ravi Dahiya and many others.
Wrestlers, including Olympic and Commonwealth Games (CWG) medalists, staged a protest in Delhi after women wrestlers leveled serious allegations of sexual harassment by the WFI president and coaches and mismanagement of the functioning of the federation.
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After the minister's announcement, the wrestlers protesting at Jantar Mantar in the national capital have called off their protest.
Talking to reporters, Anurag Thakur assured that justice will be done in four weeks. "Keeping in mind the demands of the players, we have decided to set up an inspection committee, the names of which will be announced tomorrow. The investigation will be completed in the next four weeks, in which all the allegations made will be thoroughly investigated and the final decision will be taken." A decision will be taken." he said while addressing a press conference in the early hours of Saturday.
He also said that the players kept their demands and it was discussed in detail. He added, “On the allegation being made, we had issued a notice to the Wrestling Federation of India and asked them to respond within 72 hours, and they have. Similarly, we seek their timely support and cooperation to expedite the matter.” can be resolved." Added.
Expressing gratitude, wrestler Bajrang Punia said, "The Union Sports Minister has listened to our demands and assured us that a proper inquiry will be done. I thank him and we hope that there will be a fair inquiry, so we are withdrawing it." Huh." against."
Earlier, a letter signed by several prominent wrestlers read, "Vinesh Phogat was mentally harassed and harassed by WFI President after missing out on an Olympic medal in Tokyo. He almost contemplated suicide."
The letter also claimed that the coaches and sports science staff assigned by the WFI president to the national camp were "absolutely incompetent and not on merit".
Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh had denied the allegations and claimed that he would expose the 'political conspiracy' at a press conference in Uttar Pradesh's Gonda tomorrow.
He said that he starts speaking 'Isse Tsunami Aayegi'. Singh also compared the wrestlers' protest to the Shaheen Bagh protest.
Yesterday, IOA President Usha has assured that a thorough probe will be done by the panel to ensure justice.
Beijing Olympics bronze medalist boxer and now Congress leader Vijender Singh also visited the protest site at Jantar Mantar in solidarity with the wrestlers.
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