Vijender Singh on switching to BJP: ‘I slept for a while then woke up...’

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Vijender Singh said on Wednesday, I have joined the BJP in the interest of the nation and to serve the people..

A day before boxer Vijender Singh joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), he reposted a post by Congress leader Rahul Gandhi accusing Prime Minister Narendra Modi of trying to change the constitution by winning upcoming Lok Sabha polls through match-fixing.I)..

On Tuesday, Singh reposted a post on X by Gandhi saying that PM Modi was match-fixing buying players, scaring the captain, pressurising the umpire and sloganeering that the party would win 400 Lok Sabha seats..

In a major blow to Congress, Singh joined the BJP on Wednesday ahead of the upcoming general elections..

He joined the party in the presence of BJP leaders Vinod Tawde, Ramvir Singh Bidhuri and Rajiv Babbar at party headquarters in New Delhi..

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