Positive meeting with wrestlers yesterday: Anurag Thakur

A day after the meeting with protesting wrestlers Bajrang Punia and Sakshee Malikkh, Union Sports Minister Anurag Thakur on Thursday said that the talks with them were positive and we have asked them to prepare for the competition coming ahead. Thakur further added that decisions for various demands were also taken. “It was a very […]

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A day after the meeting with protesting wrestlers Bajrang Punia and Sakshee Malikkh, Union Sports Minister Anurag Thakur on Thursday said that the talks with them were positive and we have asked them to prepare for the competition coming ahead. Thakur further added that decisions for various demands were also taken.

“It was a very positive discussion with the agitating wrestlers. All the issues that came from their side were discussed seriously. We have said that the chargesheet will be filed by June 15 and the Wrestling Federation of India’s elections will be held by June 30. For the players, the Internal Complaint Committee will be formed and a woman player or an official will be made the chairperson,” Union Minister said.

Apart from this, the name of the two coaches has also been proposed by the wrestlers for the ad-hoc committee of the India Olympic Association (IOA). “They will be made its members,” he added.

Thakur also said that the wrestlers conveyed that they will appraise their supporters about the talks. He added, “We have also asked the player to return to practice soon and participate in the competitions ahead.”

Notably, Delhi police are conducting a probe into the sexual harassment case against the WFI chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, following the FIR.