Bajrang Punia and Vinesh Phogat join Congress, may contest elections in these constituencies of Haryana

The country's star wrestlers Bajrang Punia and Vinesh Phogat will join hands with the Congress in the Haryana assembly elections. Vinesh Phogat and Bajrang Punia will join the Congress party under the leadership of Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge in Delhi on Friday. The two star wrestlers will join the party at the Congress headquarters around 2 pm. Congress is gearing up to field both wrestlers in the Haryana election battle. Bajrang Punia may contest from one assembly constituency in Sonipat district and Vinesh Phogat from Charki Dadri, Jhulana and Padada. Speculations that Bajrang Punia and Vinesh Bhogatt will join the Congress have been with Rahul Gandhi for a long time. Meanwhile, both the wrestlers met senior Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday and their meeting lasted for about 15 minutes, after which talks of both joining the Congress intensified. The Congress, however, said on Tuesday that it would clarify after the central election committee meeting whether Phogat would join the party or not. When Vinesh Bhogat was disqualified from the Paris Olympics, Rahul Gandhi had tweeted that the Congress party and Rahul Gandhi had taken to social media to support him, following which Vinesh Bhogat had an emotional reaction across the country today. All those who belied the struggle of Vinesh and his colleagues and questioned their intentions and capabilities have got answers. The entire system of power, which had shed tears of blood, has today fallen before India's heroic daughter. When Bhupendra Hooda had already returned to India from the Paris Olympics, he had met senior Congress leader and former Chief Minister Bhupendra Singh Hooda. However, at that time Hooda had hinted that Vinesh Phogat might join the party, Hooda said the Congress welcomes anyone who wants to be a part of the party. Hooda said that an athlete does not belong to any party or state, an athlete belongs to the entire country. Hooda had said that whoever joins the Congress party, what they want to do is their decision. 2023 Tokyo Olympics bronze medalist Bajrang Punia and 2023 Paris Olympics bronze medalist Vinesh Phogat took to the streets of Delhi to protest sexual harassment allegations against former BJP MP and then Wrestling Federation of India president Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh. Polling for 90 constituencies in Haryana will be held in a single phase on October 5, after which the results will be declared on October 8. The Central Election Committee of the Congress approved the names of candidates for 66 of the 90 seats in the state till Tuesday.