Given the tremendous interest the outgoing chief has in the sport, it is expected that Sanjay will consult him in policy decisions. RSS-affiliate Sanjay hails from Varanasi and is a very close associate of Brij Bhushan. The wrestlers had officially called off their protest on June 7 when Sports Minister Anurag Thakur assured them that none of the family members or close associates of Brij Bhushan will be allowed to enter the WFI election fray. They had accused Brij Bhushan of sexually harassing women wrestlers, including juniors, and managed to mobilise huge support from different sections of society but the protest fizzled out the day they planned a march towards new Parliament building on May 28 when Delhi police removed all the protesters from Jantar Mantar for rioting. A close associate of the BJP MP is now at the helm. ![]() The outcome of the polls would give top wrestlers Bajrang Punia, Vinesh Phogat and Sakshi Malik the feeling that their protest against Brij Bhushan has come to naught as they could not get the fraternity behind them despite aggressively pushing for a change of guard. The CWG gold medallist panel though managed to win the post of secretary general as Prem Chand Lochab beat Darshan Lal. Sanjay, who is UP Wrestling Association Vice President, secured 40 votes as against seven that his rival Anita Sheoran got. ![]() Sanjay Singh on December 21 became the new President of the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) with his panel comfortably winning most of the posts in the delayed polls as outgoing chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh gained indirect control over the sports body.
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