Sports Ministry sources on Wednesday mentioned the federal government is sad with the conduct of the wrestlers and won’t reconstitute the inspection committee set as much as look into the sexual harassment allegations towards WFI president Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh.
Sports Minister Anurag Thakur on Monday introduced {that a} five-member inspection committee headed by boxing legend MC Mary Kom will look into the allegations towards the Wrestling Federation of India chief and likewise handle the day-to-day affairs of the sports activities physique.
Bajrang Punia, Vinesh Phogat, Sarita Mor and Sakshi Malik staged a three-day dharna at Jantar Mantar demanding the sacking of the WFI president and expressed disappointment that they weren’t consulted earlier than the formation of the committee.
The ministry has no plans to reconstitute the monitoring committee to look into the allegations towards WFI chief Brij Bhushan Singh, a supply within the ministry advised PTI on Wednesday.
“We have constituted an impartial committee under the leadership of Mary Kom, which will conduct a detailed probe into the matter,” the supply mentioned.
According to sources, the protesting wrestlers think about London Olympics bronze medalist Yogeshwar near the WFI president. In reality, when Yogeshwar supported Sharan who was dealing with flak, Vinesh had mentioned that he was “sitting on the lap of the WFI”. The wrestlers took to Twitter on Tuesday to precise their disappointment.
Although Bajrang on Wednesday clarified that the wrestlers don’t have any drawback with Yogeshwar, they’re anticipated to seek the advice of him earlier than finalizing the members.
“We wish to speak to the Sports Minister after the Republic Day celebrations. We don’t have any drawback with any member of the committee however we should always have been consulted.
Asked if any names weren’t mentioned with him, Bajrang mentioned, “Discussions were held and these names came up but we were asked to come back on the names after discussion.”
But earlier than we might give a optimistic reply, the names have been introduced. The authorities shouldn’t be sad with us. What have we accomplished, we’re combating for justice. Besides Yogeshwar, former badminton participant and Mission Olympic Cell member Trupti Murgunde, ex-TOPS CEO Rajagopalan and former SAI Executive Director – Teams – Radhika Sriman are additionally members of the committee.
Both Mekom and Yogeshwar are additionally a part of the seven-member committee arrange by the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) to probe allegations of sexual harassment and corruption towards the WFI chief.
Besides boxing nice Mary Kom and wrestler Yogeshwar Dutt, the IOA panel contains archer Dola Banerjee and Indian Weightlifting Federation (IWLF) president and IOA treasurer Sahdev Yadav.
Other members of the IOA committee embrace former shuttler and IOA joint secretary Alaknanda Ashok apart from two advocates Talish Ray and Shlok Chandra, who’s its vice-president.
Agitating wrestlers, together with children Anshu Malik, Sangeeta Phogat and Sonam Malik, on Wednesday started a sit-in at Jantar Mantar right here, demanding the sacking of the WFI chief. The wrestlers accused BJP MP Sharan of performing like a dictator and sexually harassing junior wrestlers.
Wrestlers didn’t reveal the identification of the athletes who confronted sexual harassment.
With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
