Brij Bhushan’s son, aide back at helm, wrestlers threaten protest | Sport-others News
INDIA’S TOP wrestlers Bajrang Punia and Sakshi Malik have threatened to restart their protest following the election of former Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) president Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh’s son Karan Bhushan Singh as the president of the Uttar Pradesh Wrestling Association. The wrestlers, both Olympic medalists, are also unhappy that Sanjay Singh — a close aide of Brij Bhushan, the BJP MP from Kaiserganj — will return as WFI president and run the day-to-day affairs after the United World Wrestling lifted the suspension of the federation on Tuesday. Decision-making powers in the hands of Brij Bhushan loyalists at the state-level and in the WFI saw Sakshi and Bajrang take to social media with a threat to relaunch their protests. Karan was earlier vice-president of UP wrestling. “Just 2-3 days back, Brij Bhushan’s son became the president of the UP wrestling body despite him saying no one from his family will come into wrestling administration. The government had promised that Brij Bhushan or his relatives or associates will not govern the sport,” Bajrang said in …