Outgoing Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) president and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Brij Bhushan Singh on Wednesday arrived at Delhi’s Rouse Avenue Court for a hearing in connection with allegations of sexual harassment made against him by top wrestlers
The country’s top wrestlers like Bajrang Punia, Vinesh Phogat and Sakshi Malik had protested for months since the start of this year demanding action against Bhushan over alleged sexual harassment allegations.
Earlier on July 31, Vishal, the son-in-law of Brij Bhushan said on Monday that 18 nominations have been filled from their panel for WFI elections and their candidate for the president is Sanjay Kumar Singh.
The elections are scheduled to take place on August 12.
He also said that four of their people have filed nominations for as many vice president posts.
“18 nominations have been filed for now from our panel. Our candidate for President is Sanjay Kumar Singh. We have filed nominations for four vice presidents,” Vishal told media persons.
Initially, the WFI elections which were set to take place from July 6 to July 11 were postponed, as per the Indian Olympic Association (IOA).
Former Jammu and Kashmir High Court Chief Justice Mahesh Mittal Kumar was appointed as the returning officer for the Wrestling Federation of India elections by the Indian Olympic Association (IOA). IOA Joint Secretary and Acting CEO Kalyan Chaubey confirmed the appointment of Justice MM Kumar through an official letter, also authorising him (Kumar) to appoint an Assistant Returning Officer (ARO) and other staff to assist him in conducting the elections.
In the election, the members of the executive committee of WFI will be decided. The occupants of the post of president, one post of senior vice-president, four posts of vice president, one each position of secretary general and treasurer, two posts of joint secretary and five posts of an executive member will be decided, as per a letter from IOA.
On July 20, Delhi’s Rouse Avenue Court began hearing the regular bail plea of BJP MP and outgoing Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh in the case of alleged sexual harassment of women wrestlers.
The Court had granted a two-day interim bail to Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh and another accused Vinod Tomar in the case.
