Nobody From My Family Contesting WFI Polls, Says Outgoing Chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh

Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh said that today is the last day for filing of nominations for federation’s elections and nobody from his family has filed a  nomination.

Outgoing WFI Chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh.

Source : PTI

Former Wrestling Federation of India president and BJP MP Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh on Monday said that today is the last day for filing of nominations for federation’s elections and nobody from his family has filed a  nomination. "Today is the last day for filing of nominations for the federation’s elections (Wrestling Federation of India, WFI)...Nobody from my family is filing a nomination," Singh said, as quoted by the news agency ANI.

#WATCH | Delhi: Former WFI president and BJP MP Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh says, "Today is the last day for filing of nominations for the federation’s elections (Wrestling Federation of India, WFI)...Nobody from my family is filing a nomination." pic.twitter.com/J1dSNulZG1

— ANI (@ANI) July 31, 2023

Initially, the WFI elections which were set to take place from July 6 to July 11 were postponed, as per the Indian Olympic Association (IOA). Former Jammu and Kashmir High Court Chief Justice Mahesh Mittal Kumar was appointed as the returning officer for the Wrestling Federation of India elections by the Indian Olympic Association (IOA).

IOA Joint Secretary and Acting CEO Kalyan Chaubey confirmed the appointment of Justice MM Kumar through an official letter, also authorising him (Kumar) to appoint an Assistant Returning Officer (ARO) and other staff to assist him in conducting the elections, as reported by ANI.

In the election, the members of the executive committee of WFI will be decided. The occupants of the post of president, one post of senior vice-president, four posts of vice president, one each position of secretary general and treasurer, two posts of joint secretary and five posts of an executive member will be decided, as per a letter from IOA.

The ad-hoc panel had earlier said that the elections will take place July 6 but it was forced to reschedule the polls to July 11 after state bodies from Maharashtra, Haryana, Telangana, Rajasthan, and Himachal Pradesh after getting disaffiliated approached it for a hearing, stating that their dismissal was not appropriate.

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