Wrestlers protesting on streets tarnishing India’s image: P T Usha

NEW DELHI: Coming down heavily on the aggrieved wrestlers, Indian Olympic Association (IOA) president P T Usha on Thursday said the grapplers lacked discipline as they hit the streets to resume their protest against Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh. The IOA is yet to complete its probe into the allegations while the government-formed oversight panel's findings have not been made public as yet.

Frustrated with the three-month long wait, the peeved wrestlers returned to Jantar Mantar to resume their agitation on April 23, and also approached the Supreme Court, demanding arrest of the WFI boss.

It is clear that the IOA is unhappy with the wrestlers' move. "Our feeling is that for sexual harassment complaints, IOA has a committee and athletes' commission. Instead of going to the street (again), they should have come to us, but they have not at all come to IOA," Usha told reporters after the sports body's executive committee meeting. Agencies

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