A day after quitting wrestling, Rio Olympics medallist Sakshee Malikkh spoke to India Today Consulting Editor Rajdeep Sardesai on his show News Today, where she expressed her disappointment over the election of Sanjay Singh, Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh's loyalist, as the new president of Wrestling Federation of India (WFI). On Thursday, Malikkh, speaking to the press, said the promises made to the wrestlers by the Sports Ministry over not allowing family and close aides of Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, who was accused of sexual harassment, were not fulfilled. Sakshee highlighted that Sanjay Singh, who served as the vice-president of the Uttar Pradesh Wrestling Federation, was the right-hand man of Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh.

Source: India Today December 23, 2023 04:53 UTC