Brij Bhushan faction poised to sweep wrestling elections

Sanjay Singh, running for president, has claimed support of 40-42 votes from the 50-member college 

- Shantanu Srivastava

After multiple delays and couple of interjections by the Supreme Court, the elections for the Wrestling Federation of India's (WFI) Executive Committee will be held on Thursday with outgoing president Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh's faction expected to sweep the polls. Led by Uttar Pradesh Wrestling Association's vice-president Sanjay Kumar Singh, the Brij Bhushan-backed panel is confident of a clear majority, with some officials even claiming a hundred percent result.

"Sometimes, being on the mat and fighting the good fight is more important than the results and no one can understand that better than an athlete. Whatever happens in the elections, my job is to put wrestlers' interests first. If Brij Bhushan-backed panel wins, it won't be good for women wrestlers," Sheoran, who is also one of the key witnesses in the sexual harassment case against Brij Bhushan, said.