There are many big revelations in Sakshi Malik’s book Witness. During this, he said that Vinesh Phogat and Bajrang Punia’s decision to take exemption from the Asian Games trials last year affected the image of his protest against Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh as it made the campaign look selfish.
There have been many big revelations in former wrestler Sakshi Malik’s book Witness. During this, he said that Vinesh Phogat and Bajrang Punia’s decision to take exemption from the Asian Games trials last year affected the image of his protest against Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh as it made the campaign look selfish.
According to PTI, Sakshi, one of the three prominent faces of the long-running protest, said that cracks in their protest appeared when people close to Bajrang and Vinesh started filling their hearts with greed. All three had accused former Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) chief Sharan Singh of sexually harassing female wrestlers during his tenure and the case is going on in a Delhi court.
After the suspension of the WFI, the ad-hoc committee that took over the functioning of wrestling granted exemption to Bajrang and Vinesh for the 2023 Asian Games trials but Sakshi decided not to do so despite the suggestion of her colleagues. Ultimately Sakshi could not participate but Vinesh got injured before the Games and Bajrang failed to win a medal.
Sakshi wrote, “Like before, selfish thinking started dominating again. People close to Bajrang and Vinesh started filling their minds with greed. They started talking about taking exemption from trials for sports.” He wrote, ”Bajrang and Vinesh’s taking exemption from trials did not have a good effect. This badly affected the image of our protest. Due to this, we reached a situation in which many supporters started thinking that we are doing this protest for our own selfishness.
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