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The marathon assembly started round 10 pm on Thursday, the second day of the wrestlers’ protest towards wrestling federation president. The wrestlers left Thakur’s residence at 1:45 am and didn’t communicate to the reporters ready outdoors. The wrestlers will meet the sports activities minister once more on Friday, in keeping with authorities officers.
Olympic medallists Bajrang Punia, Ravi Dahiya, Sakshi Malik and world championship medallist Vinesh Phogat have been a part of the assembly. Thakur flew to Delhi from Himachal Pradesh after an earlier assembly between authorities officers and the protesting wrestlers remained inconclusive.
The ministry can’t pressure Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh to resign except it receives a written reply from the WFI for the reason that authorities itself has requested the wrestling physique for a proof.
The WFI is but to reply to the Sports activities Ministry, which on Wednesday gave the wrestling physique 72 hours to reply to allegations of sexual harassment of a number of girl athletes and intimidation by its president.
In line with sources, the federal government desires the wrestlers to finish their protest however the athletes are adamant that the WFI must be disbanded first. “The federal government can resolve different points later. We’re high-quality with that, however it should disband the WFI first,” information company PTI quoted a supply near the wrestlers as saying.
A group of wrestlers, together with Bajrang, Vinesh, Anshu Malik, Sakshi and her husband Satyawrat Kadiyan met authorities officers earlier on Thursday and mentioned their points with Sports activities Secretary Sujata Chaturvedi and Sports activities Authority of India Director Normal Sandip Pradhan.
In the course of the hour-long assembly, the wrestlers have been requested to finish their protest and warranted that their grievances will probably be addressed. Former wrestler and BJP chief Babita Phogat was additionally a part of the assembly to interrupt the impasse.
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