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Brij Bhushan - Bajrang Punia - Sakshi Malik - "Don't Want Any Honour Till Sisters, Daughters Get Justice": Bajrang Punia On Taking Back Padma Shri - sports.ndtv.com - India

"Don't Want Any Honour Till Sisters, Daughters Get Justice": Bajrang Punia On Taking Back Padma Shri

Olympic medalist Indian wrestler Bajrang Punia on Sunday said that he will not take back his Padma Shri award that he returned to the government until justice is given to his "sisters and daughters" fighting against sexual harassment and their perpetrators. Bajrang's tweet comes after a major decision in light of fresh protests by star wrestlers Sakshi Malik and Punia over the election of an aide of deposed Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) former president Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh as the new president of the wrestling federation.

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Vinesh Phogat - Brij Bhushan - "Sanjay Singh As Wrestling Body Chief Is Like Brij Bhushan Singh In Power": Vinesh Phogat - sports.ndtv.com - India - county Power

"Sanjay Singh As Wrestling Body Chief Is Like Brij Bhushan Singh In Power": Vinesh Phogat

As the Wrestling Federation of India drama rolls into another day, the Sports Ministry decided to suspend the body over its decision to organise the U-15 and U-20 nationals in a hasty manner. While the decision has been welcomed by wrestlers like Vinesh Phogat and Bajrang Punia, they remain worried about the future of wrestling in the country, considering the new man in charge, Sanjay Singh, is a close aide of Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, against whom the wrestlers had made grave accusations.

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Brij Bhushan - Wrestling Federation Of India Body Suspended Over 'Hasty Decisions' Day After Election - sports.ndtv.com - India

Wrestling Federation Of India Body Suspended Over 'Hasty Decisions' Day After Election

The Sports Ministry of India has suspended newly-formed Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) body led by Sanjay Singh. Singh, a close aide of BJP MP and former WFI chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, was elected the new president of the wrestling body on Thursday. Sanjay Singh won 40 out of 47 votes in a sweeping victory over Anita Sheoran, a Commonwealth Games gold medallist who was backed by top wrestlers who had taken to the streets earlier over sexual harassment allegations against Brij Bhushan.

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Narendra Modi - Anurag Thakur - Bajrang Punia - Sports Minister Anurag Thakur Refuses To Get Embroiled In Bajrang Punia controversy - sports.ndtv.com - India

Sports Minister Anurag Thakur Refuses To Get Embroiled In Bajrang Punia controversy

Sports Minister Anurag Thakur on Saturday refused to involve himself in the boiling controversy over wrestler Bajrang Punia returning his Padma Shri in protest against the election of Sanjay Singh, a Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh loyalist, as the president of Wrestling Federation of India (WFI). Olympic medallist Punia had reached the Kartavya Path in New Delhi on Friday to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi and hand over a protest letter but kept the Padma Shri medallion on a footpath there being blocked by the policemen.

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Brij Bhushan - Sakshi Malik - Wrestling-Safeguarding India women wrestlers may be key to federation's return - channelnewsasia.com - India

Wrestling-Safeguarding India women wrestlers may be key to federation's return

NEW DELHI : The Wrestling Federation of India (WFI), battling a sexual harassment scandal, may need to safeguard women wrestlers to get its suspension lifted, the game's global governing body said on Saturday.

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Narendra Modi - Bajrang Punia - Sakshi Malik - Indian wrestler to return honour in protest over sport's new president - channelnewsasia.com - India

Indian wrestler to return honour in protest over sport's new president

NEW DELHI : A top Indian male wrestler is returning one of the country's highest civilian awards in protest over the election of a president to the sport's ruling body backed by his predecessor, who is accused of sexually harassing female wrestlers.

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Brij Bhushan - Sakshi Malik - "Saddest Part Of A Player's Career": Yogeshwar Dutt On Sakshi Malik's Retirement - sports.ndtv.com

"Saddest Part Of A Player's Career": Yogeshwar Dutt On Sakshi Malik's Retirement

Former Olympic bronze medallist Yogeshwar Dutt stated that taking retirement is a personal call of an athlete and called it the "saddest" part of a player's career, following grappler Sakshi Malik's retirement announcement from wrestling. Olympic medalist Sakshi, who was one of the faces of wrestlers' protest against former WFI president Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh over sexual harassment allegations, on Thursday announced that she is quitting wrestling after Brij Bhushan's aide Sanjay Singh was elected as the new president of the federation.

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Narendra Modi - Sakshi Malik - Top Indian female wrestler quits in protest over new president of wrestling body - channelnewsasia.com - India

Top Indian female wrestler quits in protest over new president of wrestling body

NEW DELHI : A top Indian female wrestler announced on Thursday she was quitting in protest after the country's wrestling federation elected a new president backed by his predecessor, who has been accused of sexually harassing women athletes.

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