<p>With his party easily taking the majority of the seats in the postponed elections, Sanjay Singh took over as President of the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) on Thursday, therefore giving outgoing Chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh indirect authority over the sports organization.</p>
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<p>Sanjay, the vice president of the UP Wrestling Association, received 40 votes against Anita Sheoran’s seven.</p>
<p>Prem Chand Lochab defeated Darshan Lal to get the position of secretary general for the CWG gold medalist panel.</p>
<p>Leading wrestlers Bajrang Punia, Vinesh Phogat, and Sakshi Malik would feel that their protest against Brij Bhushan was for nothing after the vote results, even if they made a strong case for a change of leadership. The BJP MP’s close buddy is now in charge.</p>
<p>They managed to rally a lot of support from various facets of society and accused Brij Bhushan of sexually harassing female wrestlers, even juniors. However, on May 28, the day they were supposed to march towards the new Parliament building, the protest dispersed after Delhi police drove out all of the demonstrators from Jantar Mantar for rioting.</p>
<p>On June 7, the wrestlers formally ended their protest when Sports Minister</p>
<p>Anurag Thakur gave them the assurance that none of Brij Bhushan’s relatives or close friends would be permitted to participate in the WFI poll.</p>
<p>Associated with RSS Sanjay is a good friend of Brij Bhushan and is originally from Varanasi. It is likely that Sanjay would confer with the departing head over policy issues, considering his deep passion for the sport.</p>
<p><strong>SETTING STAGE FOR WFI UWW BAN REVOLUTION</strong></p>
<p>The removal of the UWW prohibition on WFI will also be made possible by the election of a new executive council. Due to WFI’s tardiness in holding elections, the global authority that oversees the sport suspended the organization, making Indian wrestlers participate in the 2023 global Championships as neutral participants.</p>
<p>Although the election process was scheduled to begin in July, it was postponed due to legal disputes. The Punjab and Haryana High Court’s injunction was recently overturned by the Supreme Court, opening the door for the election of the new WFI ruling board.</p>
