WFI elections to be held on August 12; nominations filing on August 1

The much-awaited Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) elections will be held on August 12, with nominations to be filed on August 1, repoted PTI on Friday.

The WFI elections were earlier scheduled to be conducted on July 11 but the Gauhati High Court had stayed the polls, following the Assam Wrestling Association's (AWA) plea seeking the right to participate in the poll process.

The roadblock was cleared after the Supreme Court on Tuesday stayed the Gauhati High Court order.


The Assam Association had claimed that it was entitled to be an affiliated member of the WFI with voting rights but it was denied recognition by the national federation despite its Executive Committee recommending the same on November 15, 2014.