‘We will participate in Asian Games only when all issues will be resolved:’ Wrestler Sakshi Malik (file photograph)
Olympic medallist Sakshi Malik on Saturday mentioned that protesting wrestlers will participate in the Asian Games only after their ‘issues get resolved’. “We will participate in Asian Games only when all these issues will be resolved. You can’t understand what we’re going through mentally each day,” Sakshi Malik mentioned on the Mahapanchayat held on Saturday in Sonipat, Haryana.
Malik has been a part of the protest in opposition to former Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh over sexual harassment allegations. Asian Games 2023 will happen in the approaching September in China. Wrestlers’ withdrawal from the event can closely have an effect on India, as Bajrang Punia and Vinesh Phogat had been the gold medallists in the final Asian Games 2018. Earlier this morning, Olympian Bajrang Punia mentioned that they will put ahead their discussions with the federal government earlier than the folks supporting them throughout the Mahapanchayat.
“Whatever talks we had with the government, we will discuss that with the people who are supporting and standing with us…,” Punia instructed ANI. On Thursday, Union Sports Minister Anurag Thakur mentioned that the talks with protesting wrestlers had been constructive and choices had been taken on varied calls for.
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“It was a very positive discussion with the agitating wrestlers. All the issues that came from their side were discussed seriously. We have said that the chargesheet will be filed by June 15 and the Wrestling Federation of India’s elections will be held by June 30. For the players, the Internal Complaint Committee will be formed and a woman player or an official will be made its chairperson,” Thakur instructed reporters on the sidelines of an occasion right here.
He mentioned that the names of two coaches have additionally been proposed by wrestlers for the ad-hoc committee of the Indian Olympic Association (IOA). “They will be made its members,” he mentioned. Thakur mentioned that the wrestlers conveyed that they will apprise their supporters in regards to the talks. “We also want the players to return to the mat soon and participate in competitions ahead,” he mentioned.
The wrestlers had met Anurag Thakur on Wednesday following a contemporary provide by the federal government for talks. Delhi Police is conducting a probe into the sexual harassment allegations in opposition to Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, a BJP MP, following the registration of the FIR.
