People in the federation donu2019t know anything about wrestling. We want changes in the federation. We will protest until the WFI president is removed. Prime Minister Modi has always supported us and we know that he and Home Minister Amit Shah will help us. We donu2019t want houses or fancy cars, we just want things related to the struggle. Our request is that we want new coaches and physiosu201d said Punia.
u201cI was mentally tortured by the federation and the president of wrestling. I thought about killing myself at one point due to the pressure put on me by the federation and the president of the WFI. I went to the Tokyo olympics with four girls but we werenu2019t provided any physio instead of WFI assistant secretary went with us everyone knows how powerful he is [Brijbhushan Sharan Singh] is. He is four times deputy. Every time we try to complain, they threaten us with death. They mentally torture us and impose disciplinary sanctions on me for no reason,u201d Phogat said.u00a0He interferes in our personal lives and wants to know who our boyfriend or girlfriend is. He keeps asking us about our marriage. and other personal things,u201d she added.Wrestling Federation of India chief Brijbhushan Sharan Singh on Wednesday firmly denied sexual harassment claims levelled by the country’s top wrestlers, declaring ‘if such a thing has happened, then I will hang myself’. ‘Is there any person in front who can say that the Federation harassed any athlete… Did they have no problems with the Federation for the past ten years? Issues emerge when new rules and regulations are brought in… Singh said. Sexual harassment is a big allegation. How can I take action when my own name has been dragged into this? I am ready for an investigation, he added.But why would any athelete put some allegations on their head until it’s serious. What are your views about this?
