INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
NEW DELHI: The national anthem will not be played and the tricolour will not go up inside the arena when an Indian wrestler finishes on the
podium at the World Championships in Serbia next month
Thursday suspended the Indian federation (WFI) for its failure to hold elections in the wake of sexual harassment allegations against
Selection trials for the Worlds are scheduled to be held in Patiala August 25 and 26
According to sources, the trials will go ahead as planned and the Indian wrestling contingent for the Worlds will be named in all three
However, the wrestlers will not face such issues at the Asian Games and can compete under the tricolour as IOA will send the entries to the
warned in May.WFI was to conduct its elections on May 7 but the ministry declared the process null and void following interference by Brij
Bhushan and his coterie of loyalists
Later, the ad-hoc committee appointed a Returning Officer (RO), former Jammu and Kashmir High Court Chief Justice Mahesh Mittal Kumar, who
set July 11 as the date for WFI elections
However, the Assam wrestling association moved the Gauhati high court and got a stay on the poll process.
