Guwahati, Jul 22 (PTI) The Assam Wrestling Association (AWA) was on Saturday granted membership of the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) for which the state body had moved court and got the election of the national federation stayed earlier.

The Indian Olympic Association’s ad-hoc committee for wrestling informed AWA that its application for membership had been accepted with immediate effect.

“Having considered your application, through the powers vested in the ad-hoc committee of WFI, you are granted membership of Wrestling Federation of India with immediate effect,” Bhupender Singh Bajwa, a member of IOA’s ad-hoc committee for wrestling, wrote in a letter to AWA president.

“This decision is subject to the outcome of the case filed by Assam Wrestling Association in the Hon’ble High Court of Gauhati in Case No. WPC (C) / 3757/ 2023,” the letter added.

AWA president Ratul Sharma told

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