Julana (Haryana). Congress candidate and wrestler Vinesh Phogat from Julana seat in Haryana assembly elections started her campaign from Sunday. Sitting on the car, Vinesh Phogat smiled and asked for votes from the people during her campaign. Vinesh Phogat also touched the feet of many people. Vinesh Phogat said during the campaign that I have won wrestling only with the help and love of the people. Vinesh Phogat expressed hope that she will be successful in the electoral arena as well. On this occasion, Vinesh Phogat talked about raising the issue of wrestlers’ movement at Jantar Mantar. She said about former Wrestling Association President Brij Bhushan Singh that he is not the country and the people are mine. Vinesh Phogat said that as soon as she came to India, her pain of not winning the Olympic medal had reduced.
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Vinesh Phogat said that there is a challenge in front of her. The reason for this is that Congress has not been able to win the Julana seat even once in the last 15 years in the Haryana assembly elections. Vinesh Phogat’s in-laws are also in Julana. Vinesh Phogat had shared the stage of the agitating farmers recently. When asked by the media there, Vinesh Phogat said that she does not understand politics. Only after this she met Congress leader Rahul Gandhi. Bajrang Punia also met Rahul Gandhi along with Vinesh Phogat. After which both of them joined the Congress. Vinesh Phogat was given a ticket by the Congress from Julana. At the same time, Bajrang Punia was made the president of the All India Kisan Congress.
Vinesh Phogat, Sakshi Malik and Bajrang Punia had accused Brijbhushan Sharan Singh, who was the president of the Wrestling Association, of sexual exploitation. After all the agitations, a case was registered against Brijbhushan Sharan Singh and he was removed from the post of President of the Wrestling Association. Now, after Vinesh Phogat got the Congress ticket, Brijbhushan Sharan Singh has said that Vinesh had cheated and as a punishment, God did not let her win a medal in the Paris Olympics. Brijbhushan Sharan Singh has also said that if the BJP approves, he will campaign against Vinesh Phogat. Brijbhushan has called the whole matter a conspiracy of the Hooda family and said that any BJP candidate will defeat Vinesh Phogat. At the same time, on this statement of Brijbhushan Sharan Singh, Bajrang Punia has challenged him that if he has the courage, then he should come to Haryana and campaign. In such a situation, the political temperature of Haryana is heated due to Vinesh Phogat entering the election fray.