The suspended WFI is not looking to budge, and is going ahead with the Senior National Championships. Now, as per PTI, as many as 700 grapplers, representing all affiliated state units except Punjab and Odisha, will be taking part in the competition in Pune, from Monday.
In a bizarre turn of events, the sports ministry had suspended the WFI on December 24, three days after Sanjay Singh was elected the head of the body. The ministry had gone to the extent of saying, that the nationals held by the WFI will not be recognised.
But the WFI made it clear that they will proceed with the tournament. “The Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) is organising its 2023 Senior National Wrestling Championship in Free Style, Greco Roman & Women Wrestling. The Championship is being organised by the Maharashtra Rajya Kushtigiri Sangh at Pune from 29th to 31st January 2024,” said the WFI president Sanjay Singh in a statement.
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“Around 700 Wrestlers across the country are participating in this mega event. All affiliated state units of Wrestling Federation of India have entered its teams for participation in the event except Punjab & Odisha.”
