Amid the ongoing controversy surrounding the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI), Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday morning paid a “surprise” visit to a prominent akhara in Haryana’s Bahadurgarh town, adjoining the national capital, and interacted with young wrestlers training under Olympic medallist Bajrang Punia.
Mr. Gandhi later shared pictures of the visit on social media platform X, commenting in Hindi that the wrestlers were simple, straightforward, innocent people from farming communities, and they should be allowed to serve the Tricolour. “There is only one question — if these sportspersons and daughters of India have to fight for their rights on the streets, instead of wrestling in the akharas, than who would encourage their children to choose this path?” his post read.
