The new Wrestling Federation of India body, under the leadership of Sanjay Singh, has been suspended by the Sports Ministry. The ministry announced its decision on Sunday, 24 December citing that the WFI body had shown complete disregard for the existing rules and regulations.
In an official release, the Sports Ministry said that the announcement for national competitions was hasty and that due process was not followed.
The ministry cited that the president of the newly elected body – Sanjay Kumar Singh – announced on 21 December that the junior national competitions will begin before the end of this year. The ministry detailed that this was against the rules and at least a 15-day notice was needed so that the wrestlers could prepare.
“Such decisions (holding nationals) are to be taken by Executive Committee, before which agendas are required to be placed for consideration. As per Article XI of the WFI constitution under the Heading ‘Notices and Quorum for Meetings’, minimum notice period for EC meeting is 15 clear days and quorum is of 1/3rd of representatives. Even for Emergency EC meeting, minimum notice period is 7 clear days with quorum requirement of 1/3rd of representatives,” the ministry said in its press release.