The United World Wrestling (UWW) has determined to droop the membership of the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) indefinitely, as per the studies.
This motion comes because of the WFI’s incapability to carry elections as required. The improvement means Indian wrestlers must compete as ‘impartial athletes’ on the Olympic-qualifying World Championships.
Originally, the WFI elections had been to be held on May 7 however the Sports Ministry had declared elections null and void and requested the IOA to represent a Transitory Committee or Ad hoc Committee to conduct elections and handle affairs.
The nationwide wrestling physique wrestling governing physique, presently below the administration of an ad-hoc committee established by the Indian Olympic Association, was alleged to conduct elections in June. Unfortunately, these elections have confronted a number of delays because of a sequence of authorized challenges put forth by totally different state models.
Then, the election was slated to be held on August 12 however Punjab and Haryana High Court stayed WFI elections until additional orders following a petition of the Haryana Wrestling Association (HWA).
Notably, UWW issued a warning to WFI, stating that they might droop the Federation if the election course of was not carried out throughout the specified timeframe.