New Delhi. United World Wrestling has canceled the membership of Wrestling Federation of India. This has happened because of not being able to conduct elections in 45 days. Indian Wrestling Federation elections were proposed on 12 August.
But the Punjab-Haryana High Court had stayed the election a day before the polling. Because of this decision, wrestlers will not be allowed to compete under the Indian flag in the upcoming World Championships.
Indian wrestlers will have to compete as ‘neutral athletes’ at the Olympic-qualifying world championships starting on September 16 after the Bhupinder Singh Bajwa-led adhoc committee failed to meet the World Wrestling Federation’s deadline to hold elections within 45 days. Had found
Let us tell you that the Indian Olympic Association had constituted an adhoc committee on April 27 and this committee was supposed to conduct the elections of the Wrestling Federation of India within 45 days, but the committee failed to do so.
United World Wrestling had warned on April 28 that it could suspend the Wrestling Federation of India if the deadline for holding elections was not respected.
“The UWW informed the adhoc committee on Wednesday night that the WFI has been suspended for not conducting its executive committee elections,” an IOA source told PTI.
