Sources said the ministry would ask the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) to resolve the issues plaguing the wrestling community in the country and provide solutions to the cadre of wrestlers.
The sports ministry will soon lift the suspension imposed on the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI), allowing the federation's executive body – headed by Sanjay Singh, close aide of Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh – to organize trials of selection for the qualifiers for the Paris Olympics. for Pastor Sportz's report.
Sources said the ministry would ask the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) to address the issues plaguing the wrestling community in the country and provide solutions to the group of wrestlers, which includes three wrestlers Bajrang Punia, Vinesh Phogat and Sakshee Malikkh, who are demonstrating. .
It should be noted that a few hours after the announcement of the results of the December elections, the ministry suspended the work of the newly elected body of the WFI. After the Supreme Court ordered elections to be held on December 21, the ministry immediately suspended the WFI and demanded that the Indian Olympic Association set up an ad hoc committee to oversee sports in India.
The three-member ad hoc committee headed by the IOA is expected to be disbanded soon, leaving Sanjay Singh's panel to take control of the WFI operations. It turned out that the ministry did not want to wait to lift the suspension until the trial which was scheduled to end on March 10 and 11 at the IG Stadium. The ad hoc body will not act on its proposal to hold separate hearings in Sonepat and Patiala on the same date.
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