International shooter Poonam Pandit, who came into the limelight from the farmers’ movement, was made its candidate by the Congress in the Uttar Pradesh Assembly Election 2022. She was the candidate of Congress from Siana seat of Bulandshahr and was opposite Devendra Singh Lodhi of BJP and Dilnawaz Khan of RLD. Poonam, who won the gold medal at the international level for India, had to face a crushing defeat in the electoral field.
Poonam Pandit got only 1 percent of the total votes in this seat and her deposit was also forfeited. BJP candidate won this seat. While Dilnawaz of RLD came second and Sunil Kumar of BSP stood third. Poonam stood fourth and got only 2888 votes out of a total of 2 lakh 51 thousand votes.
Let us tell you that Poonam Pandit, who joined the Congress in October, had made a lot of headlines with her aggressive speech during the farmers’ movement. In 2012, the party had won the seat from where Congress had fielded Poonam and in 2017 BJP had won the Sayana seat. In 2022, BJP has captured this seat for the second time in a row.
Before venturing into politics, Poonam Pandit had proved her mettle in international shooting and also won a gold medal. Poonam Pandit won the gold medal in the 10m Air Pistol competition in the Rural Youth Games 2018. Apart from this, Poonam herself once told that she has also worked as a bouncer for Haryanvi dancer Sapna Chaudhary.
He told that being a bouncer is not a bad thing. Bouncer is associated with the game and she has also been an international shooter. He had worked to run the household. It is worth noting that Poonam Pandit, a national shooter and now a politician, is a resident of Bulandshahr, Uttar Pradesh. Poonam, who came into the limelight from the agricultural movement, had made headlines several times targeting the ruling party.