Wrestler Vinesh Phogat made public on Sunday a letter that some of the protesting wrestlers had written to the sports ministry, requesting that the dates for trials for the Asian Games and the World Championships later this year be extended. Vinesh posted a picture of the letter with no date on social media on Sunday, mentioning six wrestlers requesting extra time for training ahead of the trials.

Since the beginning of the year, wrestlers have been protesting against the outgoing president of the Wrestling Federation of India, Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, over allegations of sexual harassment.

Along with sharing the letter, Vinesh wrote on her Twitter page, “The protesting wrestlers had only requested to postpone the date of the trials, because we did not get enough time for practise due to our participation in the protests for the last six months.”

“We understand that this is a serious matter, which is why we are sharing this letter with you. The enemy is trying to break the unity among the wrestlers, we cannot let them have success,” Vinesh tweeted in Hindi.