‘I don't accept this… will take legal action’: Suspended WFI President Sanjay Singh on IOA ad-hoc committee
ad-hoc committee by the Indian Olympic Association (IOA). Singh further asserted he won the elections democratically with 40 votes out of 47 and ‘don't accept the committee’. "I don't believe in this committee.
You cannot form an ad-hoc committee without my permission. I will talk to the government about this. Will seek legal advice to save WFI and go to court if talks with govt don't work.
I have won the elections democratically. I won the election with 40 votes out of 47. All the state federations are with me.
So you cannot form a committee arbitrarily," Sanjay Singh told ANI on Wednesday. The Union Sports Ministry on Sunday suspended the WFI and also all its office-bearers. It also instructed the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) to form an ad-hoc committee to manage and control the affairs of the sport's premier governing body.
Following the decision, Bhupinder Singh Bajwa has been announced as the president of the newly created ad-hoc committee to run the day-to-day matters of the WFI with immediate effect, Bajwa will be assisted in running the WFI by MM Somaya and Manjusha Kanwar in the newly constituted ad hoc committee. The IOA formed the ad hoc committee on Wednesday. India's wrestling has seen a major shift since the conclusion of the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) elections last week.
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