Sakshi Malik retires from wrestling as Brij Bhushan aide is elected WFI chief
Financial Express Mumbai|December 22, 2023
vWITH GARLANDS DRAPED around his neck, firecrackers bursting in the background and supporters chanting his name, Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh flashed the victory sign for the cameras. Standing next to him was a beaming Sanjay Singh, Brij Bhushan's 'nominee' who was elected president of the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) on Thursday, defeating former Commonwealth Games gold medallist Anita Sheoran by a margin of 40-7.
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Sakshi Malik retires from wrestling as Brij Bhushan aide is elected WFI chief

As celebrations erupted at Brij Bhushan's MP bungalow near Jantar Mantar, the site of protests against him, wrestlers Sakshi Malik and Vinesh Phogat broke down while addressing the media at the Press Club of India in New Delhi.

"He (Sanjay Singh) is Brij Bhushan's right-hand man. He is more special to him than his own son. Now that he is president, the coming batch of women wrestlers will also fall prey,"Vinesh said.

Then Sakshi placed her wrestling shoes on the table and announced her retirement. "If Brij Bhushan Singh's business partner and a close aide is elected as the president of WFI, (then) I quit wrestling," she said.

The wrestlers underlined their disappointment with the government, claiming it couldn't fulfil its promise to keep out Brij Bhushan's family members and associates from the election process.

Back in June, before the wrestlers called off their protests, sports minister Anurag Thakur had assured Sakshi, Vinesh and Bajrang Punia that wrestlers would have a big say in deciding who occupies the posts of president, general secretary and treasurer.

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