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From sexual harassment to corruption, what are the allegations against WFI chief?

Senior wrestlers, including Vinesh Phogat, Sakshi Malik, Bajrang Punia and Ravi Kumar Dahiya, protested against the WFI and its president. Vinesh had alleged that the senior administrator,along with a few coaches, had sexually harassed female wrestlers at national camps in Lucknow. The wrestlers, who have been sitting in at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi, demanded the resignation of Brij Bushan and urged the government to dissolve the national wrestling body. Speaking to India Today, the writers said there was no politics involved in the protest and they had taken to the streets to save wrestling from corrupt and abusive administrators.