The much-awaited elections of the Wrestling Federation of India will be held on August 12. However, Maharashtra will not participate in the polling process as Returning Officer Justice MM Kumar declared the two factions ineligible to take part. Justice Kumar has issued the revised schedule.
The elections were scheduled to be held on July 6 but were postponed to July 11 after disaffiliated bodies from Maharashtra, Haryana, Telangana, Rajasthan and Himachal Pradesh approached for a hearing and claimed that their dismissal was inappropriate. But the polls were still not held on July 11 after the ad-hoc panel heard the upset representatives as Gauhati High Court stayed the elections. The polls path has been cleared by the Supreme Court as the Apex Court stayed the Gauhati High Court order.
Here are the dates of the polling process
There will be 48 members from 24 state bodies for the electoral college. The nominations for posts will be filed on August 1, while the scrutiny of the nominations will be held on August 2. The final list of candidates will be out by August 7, whereas the polling, counting of votes and announcement of results will be done on August 12.
Disaffiliated units' matters settled
Notably, four of the five disputes have been settled in favour of the previous WFI set-up. From Haryana, the faction that includes Rohtash Singh and Rakesh Singh as President and Secretary respectively, was added in the electoral college. From Telangana, Hamza-bin Omer and K Narsing Rao's faction has been included in the electoral college.
In the case of the Rajasthan Wrestling Association, the nomination of current president Umaid Singh and secretary general Nanu Singh was accepted. In Himachal Pradesh's case, one member was added from each of the rival factions. Secretary General Jagdish and Kuldeep Rana from the disaffiliated unit were added to the list. However, the Returning officer declared the two rival factions from Maharashtra ineligible to nominate a member.
