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The Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) elections will be held on December 21. Voting, counting of votes and declaration of results for the election of the new government body of WFI are also likely to be announced on the same day after the counting of votes. Vote. The decision to hold elections comes after the Supreme Court rejected the stay imposed by the Punjab and Haryana High Court.
A statement from the Returning Officers (ROs) of the WFI elections said, “All the stages up to the stage of preparation and display of the final list of contesting candidates were completed (on August 7) and various activities like polling, counting of votes etc. The activities were completed.” Only the result was left to be announced.”
“The WFI elections were stayed by the Punjab and Haryana High Court on 11.08.2023, just one day before the voting and hence, voting could not be held on 12.08.2023… The Supreme Court has lifted the stay order and hence The remaining phases like voting etc. will now resume on 21.12.2023 as per the following revised schedule,” the statement said.
It added that “the outcome of the aforesaid elections will, however, be subject to the outcome of the writ petition pending before the Punjab and Haryana High Court.”
Due to the delay in holding the elections, United World Wrestling suspended the Indian Wrestling Federation in August 2023. The election process, which began in July, has been delayed due to court cases.
Weeks after top wrestlers like Olympic medalists Bajrang Punia and Sakshi Malik staged a sit-in outside Jantar Mantar, the Sports Ministry had suspended Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh over allegations of sexual harassment by female wrestlers.
Currently, an ad-hoc panel constituted by the IOA, led by Wushu Association of India chief Bhupender Singh Bajwa, is managing the day-to-day activities of the WFI.
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Published: 09 Dec 2023, 03:58 PM IST
