New Delhi, Jan 3: Sakshi Malik on Wednesday insisted that she has no issues with the newly-elected Wrestling Federation of India if Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh-loyalist Sanjay Singh is kept away from the body.
Malik had announced her retirement from the sport on December 21 in protest against the election of Sanjay Singh as WFI President.
The 2016 Rio Olympic Games bronze medallist also claimed that her mother has been receiving threat calls from former WFI chief Brij Bhushan’s supporters.
Malik, 31, said they will accept a WFI without Singh but ruled out her own involvement in running of the federation.
“We don’t have any issues with the new federation except one man, Sanjay Singh. We don’t have any issue if the new body comes back without Sanjay Singh. We do not have any issue with the ad-hoc committee as well,” Malik told reporters.
“The government is like parents for us and I would request them to make wrestling safe for the upcoming wrestlers. You have seen how Sanjay Singh has been behaving. I don’t want Sanjay Singh’s interference in the federation,” the she added.
Sakshi also requested the ad-hoc panel to conduct age group nationals at the earliest.
When informed about junior wrestlers’ protest against them at Jantar Mantar, Malik said, “I have given 18-20 years to wrestling. Only I know what I have gone through in the last few months.” (PTI)
