Indian Olympic Association forms three-member ad-hoc committee to oversee national wrestling body

A three-member ad-hoc committee was formed by the Indian Olympic Association to oversee the Wrestling Federation of India after the sporting body was suspended by the sports ministry, reported PTI on Wednesday.

On Sunday, the wrestling body was suspended for not making decisions in accordance with the provisions of its constitution.

In order to manage the day-to-day operations of the WFI, the IOA designated Bhupinder Singh Bajwa as the committee’s chairman. The committee’s members are Manjusha Kanwar and MM Somaya.

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After Sanjay Singh was elected as the president of the wrestling body on December 24, he declared that wrestling nationals for the Under-15 and Under-20 age groups would be held in the Nandini Nagar region of the Gonda district of Uttar Pradesh before the year ended.

In a letter addressed from IOA President PT Usha on Wednesday, the Indian Olympic Association said, “The ad hoc committee is tasked with overseeing and supervising WFI’s operations, which includes athlete selection, submitting entries for athletes to participate in international events, organising sports activities, handling bank accounts, managing the websites and other related activities.”

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