Sakshi Malik says Vinesh Phogat, Bajrang Punia's Asian Games 2023 exemption decision hurt protest
Sakshi Malik expressed that Indian wrestlers Vinesh Phogat and Bajrang Punia's choice to accept exemptions from the Asian Games trials last year negatively impacted the image of their protest against Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh. She further explained in the book that the move by the two wrestlers made the protest appear «selfish.»
Malik criticised the decision to accept the exemption, stating it damaged the protest's reputation and led supporters to question the sincerity of their movement. The protest concluded after police halted their march toward the new Parliament Building on May 28, 2023.
In her book, Witness, co-authored with journalist Jonathan Selvaraj, Malik noted that the protest began to falter as «greed» influenced those close to Punia and Phogat.
The three wrestlers had accused Brij Bhushan Singh, former head of the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI), of sexually harassing women wrestlers — a case currently pending in a Delhi court.
While the ad-hoc committee exempted Punia and Phogat from the 2023 Asian Games trials, Malik chose not to pursue the same favour. Ultimately, she did not compete, Phogat suffered an injury before the Games, and Punia failed to win a medal.
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