Brij Bhushan, his son excluded from WFI electoral rolls

Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh and his son are not the part of Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) elections as the voter list for the federation polls was declared. Last month in their meeting with sports minister Anurag Thakur, the protesting wrestlers – Bajrang Punia, Sakshi Malik and Vinesh Phogat – had demanded that no one from Brij Bhushan’s family should be allowed to contest the polls. They were also promised a say in deciding who occupies the key posts of president, general secretary and treasurer. However, Brij Bhushan was quoted as saying that it was his decision to keep his family out of the wrestling election. “I don’t want any more controversy around me and my family.” Out of his three family members only his son-in-law, Vishal Singh, features in the electoral college, which was finalised on Tuesday. The other son-in-law, Aditya Pratap Singh, a former joint secretary, is also missing from the list.