Bajrang Punia
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Wrestler Bajrang Punia has again raised questions on the Anti Doping Agency (NADA) which suspended him for the second time in the doping test case. He has said that they do not want me to continue wrestling. A conspiracy is being hatched against me. Bajrang Punia accused the Anti Doping Agency of breaking the rules and wrote on social media why his questions are not being answered.
NADA suspended wrestler Bajrang Punia on May 5 in the doping case and sent him a notice asking for a reply by July 11. The last time NADA suspended Bajrang, his suspension was revoked by the Anti-Doping Disciplinary Panel three weeks later. He was not issued a notice.
Now NADA has issued a notice to Bajrang Punia along with the suspension. NADA had asked Bajrang to give samples during the trials for the Asian qualifiers to participate in the Olympic Games on March 10. But, Bajrang had refused.
Now Bajrang Punia has written that NADA has clearly ignored all the facts and suspended him again. This shows how NADA is targeting him. It does not want me to continue wrestling at any cost.
They have no answers and NADA does not want to take responsibility for its mistakes. It just wants to harass the athlete to get rid of it. If NADA wants to challenge the wrestlers’ patience and determination to stand up for their rights for its ego, then let it do so. The wrestler is here and will fight till the end. My lawyers will file their reply in time. Bajrang asked – Why doesn’t NADA respond about the kit.
Bajrang wrote that why don’t they answer how an unregistered chaperone, whose name was not in the mission order, approached me for sample collection and pressure was exerted. He further asked why NADA doesn’t answer how I was pressured to collect samples between two matches when they knew that I had only 20 minutes to prepare for the next wrestling.