Assam’s affiliation with the Wrestling Federation of India kept pending for 9 years
Guwahati, June 25 (IANS): In the petition filed by the Assam Wrestling Association (AWA) before the Gauhati High Court, AWA has accused the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) of not giving the state body the affiliation of the federation even after a recommendation from the executive committee of WFI nine years ago.
AWA claimed that it has been actively involved in promoting wrestling in Assam and organized various national as well as state-level programs on behalf of WFI for several years. The state association is entitled to be an affiliated member of the Wrestling Federation of India, however, the matter has been pending for a long.
The state sports body stated in the petition that AWA is yet to be affiliated with the WFI despite a recommendation made by the then Executive Committee to the general council of the WFI in a meeting held in Gonda in Uttar Pradesh in 2014.
AWA has alleged that several efforts were taken to address this issue with the WFI, however, the matter of affiliation has been kept pending for the last nine years.
Meanwhile, the federation announced that July 11 was the date of the election of the executive committee of WFI and the last date for receiving the names of the electoral college was fixed as Sunday.
The state association contested the election date announced by the WFI and mentioned in the petition that unless AWA becomes an affiliated member of the federation according to its constitution, the state body can not send their representatives to the electoral college.
“In such a situation, the wrestlers from Assam shall be deprived of participation in any national tournaments organized by WFI,” the AWA petition mentioned.
Based on the appeal of the Assam Wrestling Association, the Gauhati High Court on Sunday directed the WFI not to proceed with the election of its executive committee till July 17, when the matter will again come up before the Court.
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