Junior world champion Antim Panghal together with a number of different wrestlers of nationwide reputation have been out on the streets on Wednesday to protest towards IOA ad-hoc panel’s “unfair” determination to exempt Bajrang Punia and Vinesh Phogat from the Asian Games trials. The protesting wrestlers together with Panghal, relations of Vishal Kaliraman, who competes in Bajrang’s class, assembled at Chhotu Ram Chowk in Hisar, demanding that trials be performed in all weight classes.

Wrestlers from Baba Laldas Akhada in Hisar and the well-known Chhatrasal Stadium in New Delhi additionally joined the protest together with senior residents from close by villages.

“We are here to protest against this decision of the IOA ad-hoc panel. We are here today and will decide later in the evening if we have to comeback tomorrow,” Ram Niwas, Panghal’s father, informed PTI.

Tokyo Olympic bronze medallist Bajrang (65kg) and World championship medallist Vinesh (53kg) led the month-long wrestlers’ protest at New Delhi’s Jantar Mantar towards outgoing WFI chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, who’s going through a number of costs of sexual harassment.

Panghal, the U-20 world champion in 53kg, has already launched a video questioning ad-hoc panel’ determination to exempt Vinesh from the ladies’s 53 kg freestyle class for the Hangzhou version beginning September 23.

Panghal, a resident of village Bhagana in Hisar, informed reporters that not solely her however there are lots of different wrestlers who can defeat Vinesh within the 53 kg weight class.

The 19-year-old stated that she feels “cheated” after supporting Bajrang and Vinesh of their “dharna” in New Delhi towards Brij Bhushan, final January.

Lilly Sisai, one in all Panghal’s earlier coaches, stated that they are going to stage a “dharna” on the IG Stadium in Delhi, the place trials will probably be held on July 22-23, if the exemption is not withdrawn.

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