The ad-hoc panel, managing wrestling affairs in the country, on January 3 announced organisation of U-15 and U-20 National championships within six weeks, hours after junior wrestlers held a protest at Jantar Mantar and demanded dissolution of the IOA-constituted committee.
The panel "acknowledged the concerns" of the young wrestlers who have been hit hard by the year-long protests by top India grapplers.
Wrestling activities in the country have been hit hard following protests by the country's top three grapplers — Bajrang Punia, Sakshi Malik and Vinesh Phogat — against former WFI chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh.
