Deepender Hooda at helm, Congress front & centre at Vinesh Phogat's Haryana homecoming. No BJP

And then, there were absentees: Not a single leader of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) from Haryana was present at the roadshow held to felicitate the wrestler, whose emotional roller coaster in the Olympics had the country riveted to televisions...

Their father and Vineshs uncle Mahavir Singh Phogat, a pioneer for womens wrestling, was, however, present at Balali when the wrestlers convoy arrived there..

With Rohtak MP Deepender Hooda perched on the top of her SUV and his MLAs and ticket aspirants hijacking the roadshow, a section of social media users lambasted the Congress party for the spectacle in an election year..

Former minister and BJPs national secretary O.P. Dhankar, who represented Badli from 2014 to 2019, too, stayed away.. Dadri is where Haryana minister J.P. Dalal, an MLA from Loharu, lives, and Vineshs cousin Babita is a poll aspirant this time..

Babita and Geeta Phogat had posted messages on X targeting Vinesh indirectly, while Geetas husband Pawan Saroha criticised the Olympian for not mentioning her Tau in a 3-page note she had posted expressing gratitude to those who helped in her wrestling journey...

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