Olympian wrestler Vinesh Phogat joins Congress. Bajrang Punia appointed as the national working president of All India Kisan Congress

The Olympian wrestler and gold medalist in Asian and Commonwealth games including winning Bronze in World championships competition Vinesh Phogat has formally joined Congress party at All India Congress Committee headquarters in the presence of party’s senior general secretary K.C. Venugopal, senior leader and spokesman Pawan Khera and several Haryana Congress leaders.

After joining the Congress party jubilant Olympian woman wrestler who was unfortunately disqualified in the finals at Paris Olympics in view of her body weight increase by just 100 grams has said that by joining the Congress party yesterday, I have felt a new sense of responsibility. The fight I fought in sports, I have now got an opportunity to continue it for the country and society from the platform of politics. This journey will be full of new dreams and resolutions. Together we will work to bring positive change in the country said Vinesh Phogat in a message in X. Meanwhile her mentor who always stood with her during her thick and thin especially during her struggle to seek justice at Jantar Mantar against the harrassment and victimisation of women wrestlers against BJP MP and IWFI president Brijbhushan Sharan Singh, the Olympian wrestler in men’s catagory who had won Bronze in Olympics in 2016 Bajrang Punia has also joined Congress and has been rewarded by the party high command, appointing him the working president of All India Kisan Congress. After accepting the responsibility the Olympian wrestler wrote on his social media handle X : On my behalf, I express my gratitude to @kcvenugopalmp
ji, Haryana Congress in-charg @DeepakBabaria
ji, @INCHaryana state president@INCUdaiBhan
ji for joining the Congress.

I would like to thank our Speaker Mr.
@kharge ji, Leader of Opposition@RahulGandhiji,@kcvenugopalmp
ji for giving me such a big responsibility.

I will try to stand shoulder to shoulder with the farmers facing the crisis and become a partner in their struggle and work as a true soldier of the organization. Jai Kisan wrote Bajrang Punia on X.

Earlier both Bajrang Punia and Vinesh Phogat has met the leader of the opposition and Congress president Rahul Gandhi and Mallikarjun Kharge at AICC headquater in New Delhi expressing their solidarity towards Congress and expressed their wish to join Congress party.

The BJP in Haryana and at national level has suffered a huge jolt after these two star wrestlers joining the Congress party.

Kindly recall that Haryana is on election mode and according to political analysts the chances of Congress seems to be quite bright especially after the joining of these two star wrestlers in the party.

There are reports that Vinesh Phogat is contesting for MLA on Congress ticket while Bajrang Punia has refused the offer intending to work for the peasants of Haryana and at pan India level after his appointment as the working president of All India Kisan Congress.