The Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) on Tuesday determined that it’s going to search a dialogue with the Sports Ministry for revocation of its suspension, saying it doesn’t desire a conflict with the federal government and the authorized choices will probably be explored provided that talks fail.

The WFI had earlier mentioned it should knock the doorways of the judiciary to get the suspension revoked however had a change of thoughts at its Executive Council (EC) assembly, which was chaired by President Sanjay Singh and attended by 12 different elected members.

Secretary General Prem Chand Lochab and Senior Vice President Devender Kadian skipped the meet.

“We do not want a clash with the government. We are not moving court as of today. We will seek time from the ministry and a delegation will try and speak with the government,” Sanjay Singh informed PTI after the assembly.

Asked if he received’t get time from the ministry, he mentioned, “First we have to try. We want to know what we need to do to get the suspension lifted. Like UWW had set certain conditions when it had suspended. The ground was not holding elections. The government has suspended us but there is no clarity how it will be lifted.

“Earlier also we had written to the ministry but we did not get a reply. We will approach ministry in 2-3 days. A delegation will be formed for the dialogue and I am hopeful that suspension will be lifted before the Nationals in Pune.

“We had invited all elected members including Prem Chabnd Lochab for this meeting but he did not turn up. He had said, ‘he will see’.”

Lochab had objected to WFI conducting a gathering, hours after elections, saying the WFI can’t conduct enterprise within the absence of the Secretary General. The ad-hoc panel has introduced that it’s going to conduct senior Nationals from February 3 in Jaipur and the age-group championships in Gwalior.

Citing violation of the National Sports Code and the WFI structure, the federal government had suspended the newly elected physique on December 24, three days after the federation performed its election.

The WFI has maintained that it neither accepts the suspension nor does it recognise the ad-hoc panel that has been constituted by the IOA to handle the day-to-day affairs of the game.

Sanjay Singh additionally mentioned that state associations have given their dedication to ship groups for the Nationals that will probably be performed by the WFI in Pune and never the one which the ad-hoc panel has deliberate to organise in Jaipur.

“The WFI Constitution mandates the Federation to host the Nationals and not any ad-hoc panel. A total of 25 state associations have already written to the ministry and the UWW that it will send teams for Nationals to be conducted by WFI.”

It has been learnt that many wrestlers chosen by state associations by means of trials have already booked tickets for Pune, the place WFI will conduct Nationals from January 29-31.

Sanjay Singh contended that Indian wrestling was at a loss as a result of a correct functioning WFI will not be in place.

“See, we did not have all entries for the Zagreb Open. We had Aman winning a gold medal but no national anthem was played and the tri-colour was not hoisted. The athlete plays for such moments and they can drape themselves in national flag but it did not happen because of the UWW suspension.

“So many weight categories went unrepresented and this is not good for wrestlers and Indian wrestling.”

The ad-hoc panel had picked the wrestlers who competed on the Hangzhou Asian Games for the Ranking Series occasion and even these 18 classes didn’t have all of the wrestlers.

The occasion in Croatia had provided medals and rating factors in 30 weight classes, together with 12 in non-olympic weight courses.

The WFI EC additionally determined to result in an modification in its Constitution to make it clear {that a} two-third majority will probably be required provided that an EC member seeks another time period for a similar put up.

“A lot of people claimed that I was ineligible to contest for the post of WFI President just because I have served as joint secretary. But let me clarify that if I seek a different post then I don’t need a two-third majority, only a simple majority will do. There was confusion and to remove that we discussed the issue. EC has passed it and now it should be cleared in AGM also. We welcome even our rivals. They can come with their suggestions for the betterment of wrestling in the country and we will accept them.”