Former Asian Championship gold medallist and presently a member of the IOA’s athletes fee, OP Karhana, has urged all of the sports activities federations to deliver extra transparency following the protest by high Indian wrestlers towards Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh.
“If the players of cultural and traditional sports like wrestling have started questioning their sports federations, then the indication is clear that now all Indian sports federations will have to bring more transparency in their activities and give importance to voice of the players,” the previous shot putter wrote in Twitter.
कुश्ती जैसे सांस्कृतिक और पारम्परिक खेलों के खिलाड़ियों ने अगर अपने खेल संघों से सवाल पुछना शुरू कर दिया है, तो संकेत स्पष्ट है कि अब सभी भारतीय खेल संघों को अपने कार्यकलापों में और अधिक पारदर्शिता लानी पड़ेगी और खिलाड़ियों की आवाज को भी महत्व देना होगा @WeAreTeamIndia @Media_SAI
— OM PRAKASH SINGH KARHANA OLY (@opkarhana) January 21, 2023
The tussle between the agitating grapplers and the Wrestling Federation of India ended in the intervening time after the athletes referred to as off their protest following assurances from the federal government, step one of which was momentary sidelining under-fire WFI chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh.
The wrestlers, together with Vinesh Phogat, Bajrang Punia, Sakshi Malik and Ravi Dahiya, determined to finish their three-day lengthy sit-in protest at Jantar Mantar right here after a breakthrough was achieved throughout a marathon second spherical of talks with Union Sports Minister Anurag Thakur late on Friday evening.
The authorities determined to type an oversight committee which can examine the allegations of sexual harassment of ladies wresters by the WFI president. The committee, members of that are but to be named, will even oversee the day-to-day affairs of the federation.
The ordeal ended with a late evening joint press briefing by Thakur at his residence together with the aggrieved grapplers, the place the minister introduced the formation of the committee and mentioned the panel will submit its report in a month’s time.
