The newly-elected Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) chief Sanjay Singh, whose physique was suspended by the sports activities ministry, wrote a letter to United World Wrestling (UWW) president Nenad Lalovic asking for an instantaneous elevate of the suspension.
Sanjay Singh-led WFI was suspended three days after it got here to energy and an Indian Olympic Affiliation (IOA) ad-hoc panel was requested to run the game. Sanjay Singh requested the UWW to deem IOA’s affect on wrestling “unlawful”, information company PTI reported.
Listed here are 5 salient factors talked about within the letter shot by Sanjay Singh to the worldwide governing physique for wrestling:
1. “We perceive that we proceed to be an affiliated member of the UWW. Nonetheless, there’s a provisional suspension imposed by the UWW which was to be vacated after holding of the elections of the WFI as talked about in your letter dated twenty third August 2023.”
2. “We’d additionally like to attract your consideration to a judgment of the Excessive Court docket of Delhi towards the IOA which was handed on l6th August 2023, which said that the IOA can not train any management of authority over a Nationwide Sports activities Federation. Any affect by the IOA can be unlawful, NSF’s are impartial entities.”
3. “As might be seen whether or not it is the Courts in India, the UWW guidelines or the Olympic Constitution, all three mandate the autonomy of the NSF’s and the IOA even in any other case can’t be any controlling issue to simply accept or reject an election of a NSF which might be as per its personal structure.
“Therefore, we request you to simply accept the elections of the WFI as has been achieved prior to now many a long time by the UWW and elevate the provisional suspension of the WFI. The IOA additionally doesn’t and can’t approve any election of every other NSF in India as nicely. It could not be honest to place the WFI as an exception for one thing that’s not even legally appropriate.”
4. “All this (elections) was achieved transparently and the IOA was nicely conscious of all the course of as the identical was being achieved from the workplace of the IOA solely. All profitable candidates had been additionally issued due certificates of election by the Returning Officer,” he stated.
5. “The Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports activities issued a letter simply after 3 days of the election and confirming that the elections had been held on 21.12.2023, wherein Shri Sanjay Kumar Singh has been elected as President and Shri Prem Chand Lochab as Secretary Common and different office-bearers. The copy of this letter can also be connected herewith to your perusal.”
