Bajrang Punia Height, Age, Wife, Family, Biography & More 2024

Controversies • Once, Bajrang Punia blamed the federal government of India and coverage of giving the Khel Ratna Award. In a media dialog, he talked about that he would sue the federal government for giving the honour. According to some media sources, Bajrang made this assertion after Virat Kohli was honoured with the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award with an achievement rating of Zero, and he had the best rating of 80.

• Protest in opposition to Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh
On 18 January 2023, Bajrang Punia together with wrestlers Vinesh Phogat and Sakshi Malik held a sit-in protest in opposition to the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi. Phogat alleged that the WFI officers and coaches have been harassing girls. She additionally made allegations in opposition to the WFI president Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh for sexually harassing many women. She mentioned, “Some coaches who’re favourites of the federation misbehave with girls coaches as effectively. They sexually harass ladies. The WFI president has sexually harassed so many women.” Later, Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh denied the allegations and mentioned that there was no incident of sexual harassment. He additionally questioned why the protesting wrestlers by no means approached the federation for the previous ten years and mentioned that he would grasp himself if the allegations might be proved true. Mr. Sharan Singh quoted, “If such a factor has occurred, then I’ll grasp myself.” In April 2023, some sources quoted that the accusations in opposition to him couldn’t be proved. On 23 April 2023, the wrestles once more sat on protest at Jantar Mantar, demanding a case of sexual harassment to be registered in opposition to Brij Bhushan. The wrestlers claimed that the guarantees that have been made to them weren’t held up and their calls for had not been fulfilled regardless of assurances. On 25 April 2023, seven wrestlers moved the Supreme Court, in search of FIR in opposition to Brij Bhushan, following which the apex courtroom issued discover to Delhi police and requested the Delhi police to reply as to why FIR be not registered in opposition to Brij Bhushan. On 28 April 2023, the Delhi Police registered two FIRs in opposition to Brij Bhushan; one FIR was associated to allegations of a minor wrestler which was registered below the POCSO Act, whereas the second FIR was primarily based on the complaints of the ladies wrestlers. Brij Bhushan’s shut aide and the federation’s assistant secretary Vinod Tomar was additionally named within the FIRs. Following the FIR in opposition to him, Brij Bhushan referred to as the protesters a stooge within the palms of the Congress and mentioned that Congress chief Deepender Singh Hooda and wrestler Bajrang Punia hatched a conspiracy in opposition to him. Mr. Singh additionally alleged that one of many key causes behind the protests was the Phogat family needed to take over the wrestling physique. In the second leg of the wrestlers’ protest, many politicians together with Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal, AAP ministers Atishi and Saurabh Bhardwaj, and Congress chief Priyanka Gandhi visited the protest website; Pappu Yadav and Satya Pal Malik additionally visited the positioning. On 25 June 2023, wrestlers referred to as of their protest and determined to battle it out in courtroom.