Why did she join Congress? Vinesh Phogat told the ‘inside’ story

New Delhi : When the long speculation in politics reaches its final point and takes the form of reality, there is silence in the political corridors. Such silence prevailed on Friday. Vinesh Phogat And it became a sensation after Bajrang Punia joined Congress. Finally, both the wrestlers put an end to the discussions going on for many days and joined Congress amidst the election battle of Haryana. On this occasion, Vinesh told the reason for joining Congress. Both were given Congress membership in the presence of party general secretary KC Venugopal, Pawan Khera and other leaders. Venugopal said that we are proud of both the wrestlers. We assure them that we were with them yesterday and will be with them in future as well.

Vinesh Phogat joined Congress

Meanwhile, Vinesh Phogat also told the whole country the reason for joining the Congress. She said that when she and other women wrestlers raised their voice against Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, it was unfortunate that BJP did not consider it necessary to support us. If anyone supported us in this difficult time, it was Congress, so we decided to join Congress. She said that I am very pained to say that when we were being dragged in front of the whole country, BJP did not support us. At such a time, only Congress came forward. I assure that I will live up to the expectations of the top leadership of the party.

Told why he/she held my hand

Vinesh Phogat said that I am very proud to say that today I am a part of a party that raises its voice for women from the streets to the Parliament. I am going to start a new innings today by joining the Congress. I want to make one thing clear that our fight was going on and will continue in the future too. Neither were we ever afraid nor will we ever be afraid. If anyone thinks that Vinesh Phogat will get scared, then I want to tell him/her that we have never been among the group of those who get scared. We have learned to face every situation boldly and will continue to do so in the future.

Bajrang Punia also joined Congress

After holding the hand, Vinesh said that if I wanted, I could have quit wrestling at Jantar Mantar itself, but I wanted to put an end to the lie spread by the IT cell, in which it was being said that our career is over, so we played Nationals, but maybe God had some other plans. It is worth noting that Vinesh Phogat and Bajrang Punia have joined the Congress at a time when the dates for the assembly elections in Haryana have been announced. Elections will be held in Haryana in a single phase and the results will be announced on October 8. BJP has released the list of candidates. It includes the names of 67 candidates. The list of candidates has not been released by the Congress yet.