"Personal, Hidden Agenda": Wrestling Body Amid #MeToo Protests
NDTV
"The protest is not in the best interest of the wrestlers nor for the promoting good wrestling in India," the federation said in a letter.
The Wrestling Federation Of India today said that the athletes who have levelled sexual harassment charges against the WFI chief have a hidden agenda.
"The protest is not in the best interest of the Wrestlers nor for the promoting good Wrestling in India, but it has some personal as well as hidden agenda to dislodge the current fairest and strict management of WFI and also by conspiracy to create such adverse atmosphere in public to create undue pressure," the wrestling body said in a letter to the ministry of youth affairs.
Wrestlers Vinesh Phogat, Bajrang Punia, Sakshee Malikkh, Ravi Dahiya and Deepak Punia are among the athletes who were protesting at Jantar Mantar for the last 3 days.
The wrestlers have levelled charges of sexual harassment of women wrestlers by the WFI president and its coaches and of mismanagement in the functioning of the federation. They demanded a complete overhaul of the federation.
