JIND: Congress candidate and wrestler Vinesh Phogat won the Julana seat by a margin of close to 6,000 votes, defeating BJP‘s Captain Yogi Bairegi in a closely contested election.Phogat’s victory was marked by fluctuations, as she trailed in some of the 15 rounds of counting. She briefly left the counting centre when she was behind…
JIND: International wrestler Vinesh Phogat has changed her avatar to that of a “rustic bahu” while seeking votes as the Congress candidate from Haryana’s Julana assembly seat. To appeal to the traditional sensibilities of rural voters, the wrestler-turned-politician can be seen seeking votes with her head covered with a ‘chunni’, as is the norm in…
Vinesh Phogat, the former Indian wrestler who came back from the Paris Olympics heartbroken after being disqualified, joined the Congress party soon after her return to make her debut in politics.She has filed her nomination for the upcoming Haryana Legislative Assembly Elections and will be contesting from Julana Constituency in Jind.According to the declaration of…
NEW DELHI: BJP on Tuesday released its second list of 21 candidates for the Haryana assembly elections. The saffron party has fielded Captain Yogesh Bairagi against Congress‘s Vinesh Phogat in Julana and Pradeep Sangwan.Manish Grover will contest from Rohtak, Sanjay Singh from Nuh and Pradeep Sangwan from Baroda for the upcoming polls. BJP had released…
NEW DELHI: Olympian Vinesh Phogat, who joined Congress on Friday along with fellow wrestler Bajrang Punia, is most likely to contest assembly elections from Julana, according to Haryana party chief Deepak Babaria.Speaking to reporters, Babaria said, “I think it has been decided that she will contest from Julana.” Phogat and Bajrang joined the Congress party…
