WFI to go ahead with EC meeting tomorrow, set to ratify decisions taken during AGM

The suspended Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) will go ahead with its Executive Committee meeting in New Delhi and has vowed not to budge from its decision to host the national championships despite the Sports Ministry issuing a warning against it.

The suspended Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) will go ahead with its Executive Committee meeting in New Delhi on January 16 and has vowed not to budge from its decision to host the national championships despite the Sports Ministry issuing a warning against it.

The notice for the Executive Committee was issued on December 31 and most State associations are expected to attend.

It is expected the members will ratify the decisions taken during the General Council meeting of the WFI on December 21, hours after the new office bearers were elected.

The WFI had announced that it will conduct Nationals in Pune from January 29-31, prompting the Sports Ministry to say that the federation has no authority to conduct the Senior National Championships and any event staged by the body will be considered "unsanctioned" and "unrecognised".

"We are going ahead with the meeting. I am expecting all affiliated units to attend the meeting. We will not step back. The decision to host the Nationals was taken at the AGM and the members will discuss and ratify it," suspended WFI President Sanjay Singh told PTI.

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"It is not an individual decision taken by me. AGM had taken the decisions and the EC should pass it. We will decide collectively," he added.