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Wrestler Vinesh Phogat joined Congress party on Friday, September 6, 2024. (Image: ANI)
Vinesh Phogat on Friday joined the Congress party ahead of the Haryana Assembly elections, scheduled to take place next month
“It was only the Congress party who understood our tears,” said Vinesh Phogat minutes after she joined the Congress party on Friday. Terming it a new chapter in her life, the wrestler-turned-politician stated that she will continue to work for the rights of other athletes.
Referring to the ongoing sexual harassment case against former WFI chief and BJP leader Brij Bhushan Singh, Phoghat said, “This is a new chapter in my life. I will work for other athletes so that they don’t have to go through what we went through.”
Meanwhile, wrestler Bajrang Punia, who also joined the grand old party along with Phogat, said that he would work hard to strengthen the Congress party and the nation.
“…What BJP IT Cell is saying today that we just wanted to do politics…We had written to all women BJP MPs to stand with us but they still didn’t come. We are paying to raise the voices of women but now we know that BJP stands with atrocities against women, and all other parties stand with us. We will work hard to strengthen the Congress party and the nation…The day Vinesh qualified for finals the country was happy but the next day everyone was sad. At that time, one IT Cell was celebrating…” Punia said.
(This is a breaking copy. More details will be added.)
