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The ad-hoc panel, managing wrestling affairs within the nation, on Wednesday introduced organisation of U15 and U20 Nationwide championships inside six weeks, hours after junior wrestlers held a protest at Jantar Mantar and demanded dissolution of the IOA-constituted committee. The panel “acknowledged the issues” of the younger wrestlers who’ve been hit laborious by the year-long protests by prime India grapplers. Wrestling actions within the nation have been hit laborious following protests by the nation’s prime three grapplers — Bajrang Punia, Sakshi Malik and Vinesh Phogat — towards former WFI chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh.
Neither the Nationwide camps nor the junior nationals have been held since January 2023.
Tons of of junior wrestlers misplaced one full 12 months as a result of stalemate.
Bhupender Singh Bajwa, chairman of the three-member panel, assured the junior wrestlers that he would quickly organise the sub junior and junior Nationals in Gwalior.
“The (ad-hoc) committee acknowledges the issues raised by the younger wrestlers (throughout the protest) and is dedicated to handle the problems. The Committee is planning to organise the nationwide championships for the U-15 and U-20 classes inside the subsequent six weeks at LNIPE, Gwalior,” Bajwa mentioned in an announcement.
“The ad-hoc committee reaffirms its full dedication to the expansion and growth of wrestling in India, fostering a tradition of excellence and perseverance. The younger wrestlers are suggested to proceed coaching and practising for these occasions,” added the assertion.
The ad-hoc panel was arrange on December 27 after the ministry suspended the newly-elected physique below Sanjay Singh.
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