Vinesh Phogat disqualification roils Haryana politics. Blame game, promises from all sides

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Gurugram:The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)held a protest in Gurugram Friday in support of wrestler Vinesh Phogat, who was disqualified from the wrestling competition in Paris Olympics Thursday, and held the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the Centre and state responsible for the injustice to the athlete...

Former Haryana chief minister and now Leader of Opposition in the Haryana state assembly Bhupinder Singh Hooda added fuel to the fire by declaring Thursday that if he had enough MLAs, he would have ensured Vinesh Phogats elevation to the Rajya Sabha...

The Haryana government should honour the countrys athlete daughter, Vinesh Phogat, who made it to the finals of the Paris Olympics, with the same respect and awards as a gold medal winner, not just as a silver medalist, Hooda said...

The Congress party does not have a majority in Haryana for the Rajya Sabha elections, otherwise we would have given a Rajya Sabha seat to wrestler Vinesh Phogat, who has brought honour to the country, to boost the morale of our athletes, he added...

Geeta eventually got the DSP (deputy superintendent of police) job through the court, said Mahavir in the video, accusing Hooda of doing politics in Vinesh Phogats case.. The Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) National Secretary General Abhay Singh Chautala jumped into the slugfest, asking Hooda to stop doing politics in the name of athletes...

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