The much-delayed Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) elections might be held on December 21 and the outcomes might be introduced the identical day, stated returning officer for the polls on Saturday. An announcement issued by the workplace of the returning officer, Justice (retd) MM Kumar stated polling, counting of votes and declaration of outcomes might be executed on the identical day and the results of the elections shall be topic to the result of the writ petition pending earlier than the Punjab and Haryana Excessive Court docket.
The elections, to be held throughout the Particular Normal Physique Assembly, might be staged as per the electoral listing made on August 7, quelling apprehensions that the whole course of would possibly begin once more.
“All steps as much as the stage of preparation and show of the ultimate listing of contesting candidates had been accomplished (on Aug 7) and numerous actions like polling, counting of votes and declaration of end result alone had been left,” stated an announcement issued by the returning officer for the polls.
“The elections of the WFI had been stayed by the Punjab and Haryana Excessive Court docket on 11.08.2023 only a day earlier than the ballot and due to this fact, polling couldn’t be held on 12.08.2023… the Supreme Court docket has vacated the keep orders and due to this fact the remaining steps like polling and so on. will now recommence on 21.12.2023 as per the next revised schedule,” stated the assertion.
“Results of the above elections shall, nonetheless, be topic to the result of the Writ Petition pending earlier than the Punjab and Haryana Excessive Court docket,” added the assertion.
After a number of postponements, the WFI elections have been made potential after the Supreme Court docket just lately put aside the keep imposed by the Punjab and Haryana HC.
An IOA-constituted ad-hoc panel, led by Wushu Affiliation of India chief Bhupender Singh Bajwa, is at present managing the day-to-day actions of the WFI after the sports activities ministry suspended the federation headed by Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh over allegations of sexual harassment levelled towards him by prime Indian grapplers.
A number of wrestlers, together with Olympic medallists Bajrang Punia and Sakshi Malik, sat in protest on the Jantar Mantar right here for greater than two months to protest towards the alleged sexual harassment of feminine grapplers by Brij Bhushan.
The election course of, which was set in movement in July, has been delayed due to court docket instances. This has additional led to the suspension of the WFI by the worldwide federation, United World Wrestling, for failing to conduct recent polls within the time stipulated by them.
Indian wrestlers proceed to take part in worldwide competitions underneath the UWW flag due to the suspension of the nationwide physique.
The ad-hoc panel head Bajwa stated the polling might be held on the Olympic Bhawan right here and the “agenda/gadgets would be the identical as per discover issued earlier on twenty first July 2023.”
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