Vinesh Phogat

"When Bhupinder Hooda's government was about to nominate Geeta and Babita as DSPs, Hooda Saheb discriminated and selected Geeta as Inspector and Babita as Sub Inspector instead. Now he wants Vinesh to go to Rajya Sabha," Mahavir Phogat said.

United World Wrestling (UWW) President Nenad Lalovic today ruled out any exception for wrestler Vinesh Phogat who was disqualified from the Paris Olympics just before her final match for being overweight

Vinesh Phogat was disqualified for failing to meet the weight category requirements, which are rigidly enforced by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and the relevant wrestling federations.

IOA chief PT Usha expressed shock at the disqualification of Vinesh Phogat, adding that they did everything to help her meet the competition requirements.

When Vinesh Phogat was busy in protests, Antim Panghal had secured an Olympic quota for India in the 53kg category.

PM Modi personally contacted IOA President PT Usha to get firsthand information and discuss potential solutions.

The Wrestling Federation of India announced the trials on March 10-11, including the names of star grapplers Bajrang (65kg freestyle), Vinesh (55kg), and Sakshi (62kg), who declared her retirement from the sport on the day Sanjay Singh was elected president.

On 30th December (Saturday), Wrestler Vinesh Phogat returned her Arjuna and Khel Ratna Awards

Vinesh Phogat urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to take action against Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh whom she accused of making statements in the media.

After his victory, Sanjay Kumar Singh said, “Wrestlers who want to do politics can do politics, those who want to do wrestling will do wrestling. We will politically answer the wrestlers who want to do politics.”