New Delhi: India’s wrestling community continues to face chaos and administrative confusion, as the suspended Wrestling Federation of India (WFI), with Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh loyalist Sanjay Singh at its helm, hold ‘senior nationals’ in Pune despite its suspension. Most of India’s top players, however, are giving this tournament a miss and instead attending the ‘nationals’ organised by the ad hoc committee set up by the Union sports minister early next month, in Jaipur.Bharatiya Janata Party MP Brij Bhushan was accused of serious sexual harassment by at least seven women wrestlers. While the police has failed to act against him and he continues in his position as MP, he was removed as the WFI head after prolonged protests from India’s top wrestlers. The same wrestlers had protested again when Sanjay Singh was elected the new WFI president, leading the sports ministry to suspend the WFI and appoint a new ad hoc panel to look over wrestling in India. Sanjay Singh, however, had claimed that he would not recognise this suspension.In line with this stubborn insistence, the suspended WFI has organised a ‘senior nationals’ meet in Pune between January 29 and 31. However, The Indian Express reported, the venue is infested with mosquitoes and most top names across weight categories have not made an appearance. “Maharashtra’s Atish Todkar, who beat Ravi Dahiya in the Asian Games trials in July 2023, is the only notable name,” the newspaper reported.“There aren’t any big names in the fray here as Railways and Services aren’t coming,” an official at the event was quoted as saying.Faction from within the 24 state bodies have tried to send in a collection of wrestlers in an attempted show of strength in support of Sanjay Singh. But “most states, barring Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and Assam are also sending a full team to Jaipur, where the medal winners will proceed to a national camp and be considered for trials”, The Indian Express reported.This situation – with two competing tournaments within a week of each other – has left wrestlers in a conundrum, as it is unclear which one will lead the way forward. Karnataka’s 72 kg grappler, Asna Sareen, for instance said she be turning up at both. “While our state association will do everything to make travel to Jaipur smooth for us as soon as we finish in Pune, we are worried about dropping weight twice. Maintaining body weight for 4-5 days by not eating or drinking water is not something I’m looking forward to,” she told The Indian Express.“Players were left to make a hard choice. It was very confusing. Hum bachche phas gaye (We were in a quandary),” said wrestler Jyoti from Hisar.