Two-way contest between Sanjay Singh and Anita Sheoran for WFI president's post
The Hindu
Sanjay/Anita to contest for WFI President; 16 candidates from Brij Bhushan camp to contest all 15 posts; RSPB sec. Lochab & Dushyant Sharma for Treasurer; Jai Prakash withdraws from President & Sec-Gen; Coaches Jagmander & Hargobind not accompanying Indian wrestling team for Asian Games.
Either Sanjay Kumar Singh or 2010 CWG champion Anita Sheoran will become the next WFI President as it has become a two-way contest for the top post following withdrawal of other candidates.
U.P. Association Vice President Mr. Sanjay is an outgoing WFI chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh loyalist while Ms. Anita is the lone woman in the fray for the August 12 polls.
Ms. Anita filed her nomination as representative of the Odisha unit even as she is from Haryana and employed with the State police.
Two other candidates in the fray for the top post, Dushyant Sharma (J&K) and another Brij Bhushan loyalist Jai Prakash (Delhi Wrestling Association President) withdrew their nominations on Saturday, according to source in the IOA ad-hoc committee.
The Returning Officer for the polls, former J&K High Court Judge Mahesh Mittal Kumar, will officially announce the final list of candidates in the fray on August 7.
Elections will be held for the posts of president (1), senior vice-president (1), vice-president (4), secretary-general (1), treasurer (1), joint secretary (2) and executive members (5).
Olympian Jai Prakash, who had filed his nominations for three posts, has also pulled out of the race for the post of secretary-general, leaving it a straight contest between Chandigarh's Darshan Lal from the Brij Bhushan camp, and Railway Sports Control Board (RSPB) secretary Prem Chand Lochab.
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