Former WFI President Brij Bhushan Singh has also made an entry in the controversy over the exemption of wrestlers Vinesh Phogat and Bajrang Punia in the Asian Games trials. Brij Bhushan said on this matter, ‘I am deeply saddened by the decision taken by the Adhoc Committee. This decision will take the wrestling of this country into the trough.Brijbhushan said that I had ended the practice of giving exemption to wrestlers, because I felt that junior wrestlers were being harmed by it. Brijbhushan is facing sexual harassment case of 6 female wrestlers. At the same time, there will be a hearing in the Delhi High Court today in the matter of trial exemption to Vinesh and Bajrang. The petition has been filed by Haryana’s wrestlers Avinash Panghal and Sanjit Kalkal. He has challenged the decision of the Adhoc Committee of the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) on Vinesh-Bajrang’s direct entry in the Asian Games.Demand to dismiss the decision of trial exemption in the petition Counsel for both the wrestlers, Hrishikesh Baruah and Akshay Kumar, said that the two categories (men’s freestyle 65kg and women’s 53kg) exempted by the IOA’s adhoc committee to Bajrang and Vinesh should be set aside. Actually, this decision was first raised by BJP leader and former wrestler Yogeshwar Dutt.Trial on 22-23, Bajrang-Vinesh will not participate The trials for the Asian Games are to be held on July 22 and 23 at the KD Jadhav Indoor Stadium. Vinesh and Bajrang will not participate in this. Wrestlers Bajrang and Vinesh Phogat, who have leveled sexual harassment allegations against former Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) president and BJP MP Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, have been included in the Asian Games squad without trial.The ad-hoc committee has given place to both of them in the team against the wishes of the head coaches of the team. There is anger among other wrestlers of both of these weight categories against this decision.fair trial demand The petition has demanded that the trial should be conducted in a fair manner. No exemption should be given to any wrestler. The trial should be videographed. The petition contended that these wrestlers, during their protest at Jantar Mantar, had said that their fight was for justice and the interest of junior wrestlers, now they want to sideline junior wrestlers. So we had to approach the court against this decision.It has been specifically stated in the petition that it is not justified to allow Vinesh Phogat and Bajrang Punia to directly participate in the Asian Games without trials.
