New Delhi: The Ad-hoc Committee of the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) announced that the Railway Sports Promotion Board (RSPB) is organizing a Senior National Freestyle, Greco-Roman and Women’s Wrestling Championships. In Jaipur from 2-5 February this year.
In a statement, the body also said that the championships conducted “are genuine, sanctioned and recognized championships by the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports and all government benefits will be available only to the players participating in such national championships.”
“The Ad-hoc Committee of the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI), nominated by the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) vide letter dated 27.12.2023 on the instructions of the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, has been entrusted with the task of overseeing and supervising the operations of the WFI, including The statement included,
“Involves athlete selection, submitting entries for athletes to participate in international events, organizing sports activities, handling bank accounts, maintaining the website and other related responsibilities.” The Sports Ministry had informed through a letter that only the national level championships for different age groups held under the supervision of the ad-hoc committee appointed by the Indian Olympic Committee (IOA) are considered to be approved and recognized as per the Sports Code and all government rules. Will go. Players participating in the game will benefit from this.
“Accordingly, the Ad-hoc Committee of the WFI has requested the Railway Sports Promotion Board to organize the Senior National Freestyle, Greco-Roman and Women’s National Wrestling Championships. In keeping with the request of the ad-hoc WFI, the RSPB is organizing the Senior National Freestyle. Greco-Roman Style and Women’s National Wrestling Championships 2023 in Jaipur from February 2-5, 2024,” the statement said.
“Therefore, it is clarified that only the Senior National Freestyle, Greco Roman and Women National Wrestling Championships 2023 organized by RSPB are genuine, sanctioned and recognized championships by the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports and all government benefits are available only for participating in such National Championships. Will be available to the players. Notably, the WFI took the decision on Tuesday
They will seek talks with the Sports Ministry to resolve the issue of suspension of the institution and only if discussions fail, legal options will be explored.
Suspended Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) president Sanjay Singh had earlier said that he would do so. Explore legal options on the government’s decision. The WFI held a meeting on Tuesday to discuss the suspension. “A meeting was called to discuss the suspension and the citizens. We will organize national competitions… Twenty-five federations have taken this decision, we want to give opportunity to the wrestlers. We are going to start talks with United World Wrestling (UWW) because when they revoked our recognition, they had mentioned a clause of not holding elections.
Now that the elections have taken place, we will write to UWW.” By the end of the year in Nandini Nagar of Gonda district of Uttar Pradesh.
The suspension came after star wrestlers Sakshi Malik, Vinesh Phogat and Bajrang Punia protested against Sanjay’s appointment, with Sakshi quitting the sport and Vinesh and Bajrang returning their government honours. The Sports Ministry had then directed the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) to form an ad-hoc committee to manage and control the affairs of the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI).
