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Singh garnered 40 votes against the seven that his rival Anita Sheoran got in the WFI elections held on Thursday. The one-sided victory of Sanjay Singh has come at a time amid demands of top wrestlers like Bajrang Punia, Vinesh Phogat, and Sakshi Malik to keep Brij Bhushan’s influence away from WFI.

However, the outcome of the polls would give top wrestlers Bajrang Punia, Vinesh Phogat, and Sakshi Malik the feeling that their protest against Brij Bhushan has come to naught as they could not get the fraternity behind them despite aggressively pushing for a change of guard.

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Who is Sanjay Singh the new WFI President?

Vice President of UP Wrestling Association, Sanjay Singh has close links with Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) and hails from Varanasi. He is known to have close ties with Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh. His victory in the WFI elections is an indicator that Sanjay Singh will consult Brij Bhushan in policy decisions.

Given the tremendous interest the outgoing chief has in the sport, it is expected that Sanjay will consult him in policy decisions, reported PTI. His participation in the election was opposed by the wrestlers who were earlier protesting against the WFI President Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh.

After winning the election, Sanjay Singh gave a clear message to the wrestlers who were protesting against Brij Bhushan earlier.

Former WFI chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh’s aide Sanjay Singh was elected as the new president of the Wrestling Federation of India

“National Camps (for wrestling) will be organised. Wrestlers who want to do politics can do politics, those who want to do wrestling will do wrestling,” he told ANI.