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Gurugram: Olympian Vinesh Phogats political debut as the Congress candidate for Julana assembly seat in the upcoming elections in Haryana has deepened faultlines within the Phogat clanthe renowned family of wrestlers from village Balali, which comprises coach Mahavir Phogat, his daughters and his nieces...
Earlier this week, Vineshs cousin and Bharatiya Janata Party leader Babita Phogat posted on her social media account a clip from an interview to a news channel, where she iterates her willingness to go to Julana to campaign as BJPs star campaigner against her cousin if asked by the party, in response to the interviewers question...
In the past 10 years, under the leadership of our honourable Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, the amount of work done for sports and athletes is something even we, the athletes, couldnt have imagined Everyone is free to join any political party, but it is not right to constantly put BJP and Modi ji in the dock, she wrote on X in Hindi...
Last year, Vinesh, along with wrestlers Bajrang Punia and Sakshee Malikkh had led protests against former Wrestling Federation of India chief Brij Bhushan Singh and the BJP-led government..
Asked if her father Mahavir and her other sisters supported Vineshs decision to contest the election, Babita said that her father had already made it clear that Vineshs decision to join the Congress was not right and that she could have won a medal at the 2028 Olympics...
