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Wrestlers Protest: WFI elections may be held on July 4, former Jammu and Kashmir HC judge appointed as returning officer
New Delhi. The Indian Olympic Association (IOA) on Monday announced that the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) elections will be held on July 4. The returning officer for the election will be Justice (Retd) Mahesh Mittal Kumar, former Chief Justice of the Jammu and Kashmir High Court. The IOA in its letter to Justice Mittal Kumar said that the IOA has to take further steps to conduct the elections to the Executive Committee of the WFI, and we are pleased to appoint you as the Returning Officer for the conduct of the elections to the WFI. It is envisaged to appoint an Assistant Returning Officer and other staff to assist in the conduct of the election.
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Opposition to Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh
There is a need to conduct elections in the SGM of WFI called on 4th July and the schedule of elections will have to be worked out accordingly. We look forward to your confirmation of acceptance and smooth conduct of the WFI elections on 4th July. Facing allegations of sexual harassment by India’s top wrestlers, WFI president Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh completed three terms (12 years) in March this year. The Sports Ministry declared the WFI’s earlier election date of 7 May as “null and void”. It appointed a two-member ad hoc committee to run the organization and conduct fresh elections within 45 days.
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Sports Minister had said a big thing
Sports Minister Anurag Thakur, after meeting the agitating wrestlers on June 7, had said that the WFI elections would be held on June 30 but it was clear that meeting the deadline would be difficult as WI’s special general meeting (SGM) has been called for. 21 days notice is required. Elections will be held at the SGM or AGM (Annual General Meeting) of WFI. The wrestlers suspended their agitation till June 15 after Thakur assured the wrestlers that the government would not allow any family member or associate of outgoing WFI president Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh to contest the elections.
