Wrestling Body Polls Today, A Chief Minister Is Among Candidates
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The contest for the president post is between Sanjay Singh, said to be close to Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, and Commonwealth Games gold medallist Anita Sheoran.
The top posts of Wrestling Federation of India (WFI), which hit headlines over sexual harassment allegations against its chief and BJP MP Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, are set to go to polls today. The contest for the president post is between Sanjay Singh, said to be close to Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, and Commonwealth Games gold medallist Anita Sheoran.
Besides the top post, polls will be hold to fill up posts for a senior vice-president, four vice-presidents, a secretary general, a treasurer, two joint secretaries and five executive members. Interestingly, one of the candidates for the vice-president post is newly appointed Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh and a former wrestler - Mohan Yadav.
Today's election will give the country's top wrestling body a new president after 12 years of Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh occupying the top post. The BJP MP from Kaiserganj had to step aside after the country's top wrestlers led a protest, accusing him of sexually harassing women wrestlers.
