Rio Olympic bronze medallist Sakshi Malik announced her retirement from the sport, protesting against Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh loyalist Sanjay Singh winning the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) election for the top job, in New Delhi.
Sanjay, a close associate of outgoing WFI chief Brij Bhushan became the new WFI president with his panel winning 13 of the 15 posts in the elections In New Delhi
“We fought from our heart but if a man like Brij Bhushan, his business partner and a close aide is elected as the president of WFI, I quit wrestling,” said a teary-eyed Sakshi, and kept her shoes on the table in a dramatic announcement.
#WATCH | Delhi: On former WFI chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh’s aide Sanjay Singh elected as the new president of the WFI, Wrestler Sakshi Malik says, “We have made demands for a woman president. If the president would be a woman, harassment would not happen. But, there was no… pic.twitter.com/SEFwYKErNW
— ANI (@ANI) December 21, 2023
“We wanted a female president but that did not happen,” the 31-year-old, who is also a CWG gold medallist, added.
Ahead of the elections, Olympic medal winning grapplers Bajrang Punia and Sakshi had repeatedly requested Sports Minister Anurag Thakur to stop anyone associated with Brij Bhushan from contesting the WFI polls.
Priyanka Chaturvedi UBT Rajya Sabha MP Tweeted ,
No Jat Pride hurt here.
No humiliation of the Jats here.
No protests for the jats here.
No TV debates outraging over this.Shameless hypocrisy of those in power and country’s spineless media. https://t.co/qidgugvSSj
— Priyanka Chaturvedi🇮🇳 (@priyankac19) December 21, 2023
