{"id":496926,"date":"2023-12-24T11:46:08","date_gmt":"2023-12-24T06:16:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/?p=496926"},"modified":"2023-12-24T11:55:34","modified_gmt":"2023-12-24T06:25:34","slug":"manohar-lal-khattar-wfi-election-row","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/sports-news\/manohar-lal-khattar-wfi-election-row\/","title":{"rendered":"Manohar Lal Khattar says election of new WFI chief took place democratically and players should have accepted the results"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Saturday advised athletes to focus on sports and not get stuck in the political circle. He referred to the recent election of former Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) president Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh\u2019s close aide Sanjay Singh as the new the new chief of the country\u2019s sport\u2019s governing body. He said the election process went on democratically and the players should have accepted the results.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Haryana CM\u2019s statement comes after star wrestler Sakshi Malik announced she was quitting the sport after Sanjay Singh was elected WFI chief. The recent election results were not well received well by ace grapplers including Bajrang Punia, Vinesh Phogat along with Malik who accused now-deposed WFI chief and BJP MP Sharan Singh of sexual harassment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/WATCH?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#WATCH<\/a> | Kurukshetra: Haryana CM Manohar Lal Khattar says, &quot;Players should focus more on sports. The issue that came up regarding association is encircled by politics. Elections take place democratically so now they should accept it&#8230;Here if some association is elected after\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/wmwbMV2i1A\">pic.twitter.com\/wmwbMV2i1A<\/a><\/p>&mdash; ANI (@ANI) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ANI\/status\/1738576791365980290?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 23, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Sakshi Malik was the face of the wrestlers protest against the former WFI chief. Emotional and distraught seeing Sharan Singh\u2019s aide winning the elections, the Olympic medalist broke down while addressing a press conference on December 21. She put her shoes on the table at the press conference as she announced her decision to quit wrestling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After Malik\u2019s announcement, Bajrang Punia, in a letter to Prime minster Narendra Modi said he decided to return his Padma Shri as a mark of protest against the recent WFI election results. Sanjay Singh responded to the row over being close to the BJP MP and asked is it a crime to be close to the MP? He said he had always held positions and it has nothing to do with the MP. He said he had been the chief of the wrestling federation of Varanasi before.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Brij Bhushan earlier exulted after Sanjay Singh was elected to the post and said his dominance over the federation would continue like before. On Saturday Deaflympics gold medalist Virender Singh Yadav, also known as Goonga Pehlwan, announced he too will also return his Padma Shri to the government.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Haryana CM\u2019s statement comes after star wrestler Sakshi Malik announced she was quitting the sport after Sanjay Singh was elected WFI chief. 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