The authorities on Thursday accepted the participation of a 55-member Indian wrestling contingent, together with Bajrang Punia and Vinesh Phogat, for the Zagreb Open Grand Prix to be held from February 1 to five.
The newly constituted five-member monitoring committee chosen 12 ladies, 11 Greco-Roman and 13 males freestyle wrestlers for the rating series-opener.
Olympic silver medalists Ravi Kumar Dahiya, Anshu Malik and Deepak Punia are additionally a part of the workforce, a ministry launch stated, including that the federal government will bear your complete bills of the wrestlers.
The oversight committee was constituted by the Sports Ministry earlier this week to look into the sexual harassment allegations towards Wrestling Federation of India chief Brij Bhushan Singh Sharan and handle the day-to-day affairs of the sports activities physique.
The committee, headed by boxing legend MC Mary Kom, included former wrestler Yogeshwar Dutt, former badminton participant and Mission Olympic Cell member Trupti Murgunde, ex-TOPS CEO Rajagopalan and former SAI govt director – workforce – Radhika Sriman.
However, the wrestlers expressed disappointment that they weren’t consulted earlier than the formation of the committee.
Last week, Bajrang, Vinesh, Ravi Dahiya led a three-day dharna at Jantar Mantar demanding the sacking of the WFI president.
The wrestlers accused BJP MP Sharan of appearing like a dictator and sexually harassing junior wrestlers.
However, he didn’t reveal the identification of the athletes who confronted sexual harassment.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
