The protesting wrestlers have decided against hitting the streets again in protest against the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) former president Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh and said that the battle will now be fought in the court.
International medallists Vinesh Phogat, Sakshi Malik and Bajrang Punia posted identical Tweets where they said the government has fulfilled its promise of filing a chargesheet against Singh. "In this case, the wresters' will continue till we get justice but it (fight) will be in court and not on road," the statement on Twitter read.
"Regarding the reform in WFI, the election process, as promised, has begun. We will wait for fulfilment of promises made by the government regarding the July 11 elections."
A few minutes after posting the statement, Vinesh and Sakshi tweeted that they are taking a break from social media for a few days.
Earlier, the wrestlers denied receiving any kind of preferential treatment from the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) ad-hoc panel for their exemption from the Asian Games trials and said they would quit wrestling if it was proved.
This came after London Olympic bronze medallist Yogeshwar Dutt questioned the panel's decision and asked if the wrestlers were agitating against the outgoing WFI chief to get such favours. He had also urged the junior wrestlers, their coaches and their parents to raise their voices against such injustice.
"We did not ask for exemption from trials, just asked for time to prepare," said Sakshi Malik. "We didn't take away anybody's rights. We had just asked for time as we have been away from wrestling for six months, but you are spreading wrong information," Malik, the 2016 Rio Olympics bronze medallist, said.
Tokyo Olympics bronze medallist Bajrang said they will quit wrestling if it is proved that they had asked for just one-bout trial for the Asian Games and World Championships. "If you had problems about the one-trial bout, you should have approached the sports minister and asked on what basis they are taking the trials. But you chose to spread poison through social media," he said.
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