INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
NEW DELHI: The Sports Ministry on Tuesday added previous wrestler Babita Phogats name in the Oversight Committee after a number of wrestlers
revealed their displeasure that they were not spoken with prior to the development of the panel.The Oversight Committee was formed by the
ministry to carry out the daily administration of the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI)
The probe committee has to submit its report in a months time.The Oversight Committee is likewise doing a query into the allegations of
sexual misconduct, harassment and/intimidation, monetary abnormalities and administrative lapses of the WFI, as leveled by popular
Babita Phogat now becomes the 6th member of the Oversight Committee, being headed by Khel Ratna Awardee MC Mary Kom, Chairperson, Athletes
Commission, Khel Ratna Awardee Yogeshwar Dutt, executive council member, IOA, Dhyanchand awardee Trupti Murgunde, member Mission Olympic
Cell, Radhica Sreeman, Ex-Executive Director, TEAMS, Sports Authority of India, and Crd (Retd) Rajesh Rajagopalan, Ex-CEO, Target Olympic
Podium Scheme, the sports ministry stated in a statement.Earlier, the federal government formed a five-member oversight committee to handle
the WFI affairs till the probe is complete versus WFI President Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, who the wrestlers have actually accused of sexual
misconduct and intimidation.The wrestlers want an individual of their choice in the committee, which has previous wrestler Yogeshwar Dutt
and Trupti Murgunde apart from 2 SAI officials as members.Apparently, the wrestlers are not pleased with Yogeshwars presence in the
committee as they think about the London Olympics bronze medallist near the Federation chief.The objecting wrestlers chose to call off their
three-day-old dharna at Jantar Mantar against WFI president following marathon talks with Union sports minister Anurag Thakur, with Singh
being asked to step aside for four weeks.
