The emergency basic council assembly of the Wrestling Federation of India scheduled in Gonda for at present was referred to as off after the Union authorities ordered the suspension of all actions of the WFI till the appointment of the oversight committee which can take over the day-to-day actions of the federation. The authorities additionally suspended the federation’s assistant secretary Vinod Tomar.

BJP MP Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, who was requested to step apart as WFI president following allegations of “sexual exploitation and mental torture” by prime wrestlers, was anticipated to handle members relating to the unprecedented revolt towards the federation.

Union sports activities minister Anurag Thakur had introduced an oversight committee to probe into the allegations of “sexual misconduct, financial irregularities and administrative lapses and to undertake day-to-day administration of the WFI”.

The minister additionally mentioned that the “WFI president will step aside from the day-to-day functioning and has assured to cooperate in the investigation.” However, it was enterprise as regular for Singh on Saturday as he inaugurated the Open National Senior Ranking Tournament in his hometown Gonda.

Singh’s presence on the occasion didn’t go down properly with the sports activities ministry which issued a contemporary directive on Saturday night time to announce that the event stood cancelled.

WFI additionally mentioned in a press release that it has enhanced the picture of wrestling sport “nationally as well as internationally” below its current chief. “The WFI is managed by an elected body as per its constitution and therefore there is no scope for arbitrariness and mismanagement of WFI by anyone individually including the President, WFI,” the federation mentioned.

“The WFI in particular under the sitting President (3rd time) WFI has always acted keeping the best interest of Wrestlers in mind along with the best interest of India i.e. national interest as well and under the sitting president, WFI, the WFI has enhanced the image of wrestling sport nationally as well as internationally,” it added.