Sanjay Singh elected president of Wrestling Federation of India

The head of the UP wrestling federation hails from the faction supporting Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh. He defeated Anita Sheoran by 40 votes to 7.

Sanjay Singh will be heading the WFI after winning the election. | Photo Credit: PTI

Sanjay Singh was elected president of the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) after the election results were declared on Thursday.

The head of the UP wrestling federation hails from the faction supporting Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh. He defeated Anita Sheoran by 40 votes to 7.

Sanjay was part of WFI’s last executive council. He was also the national federation’s joint secretary since 2019.

The election process, which was set in motion in July, had been delayed because of court cases, which had led to the suspension of WFI by the international federation, United World Wrestling, for failing to conduct fresh polls on time.

The Supreme Court recently set aside the stay imposed by the Punjab and Haryana High Court, paving the way for the process to elect the new WFI governing body.