India TV Chunav Manch: Yogeshwar Dutt, former India wrestler and 2012 Olympic bronze medallist and one of the prime leaders of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Haryana, attended the special session of India TV Chunav Manch in Chandigarh on Friday (September 27) ahead of the state Assembly Elections slated on October 5. During the session, Yogeshwar Dutt expressed confidence and said the BJP will come to power again and added that the BJP will return to power in full majority on all 90 seats.
Yogeshwar on farmers' protest in Haryana
He also talked about farmers protest in Haryana ahead of the assembly polls and said many people are involved in the protest but the farmers are with the BJP.
Regarding whether the wrestlers are unhappy with the Haryana government, Yogeswar said nobody is unhappy with the state governemnt. He said in fact former CM Manohar Lal Khattar and present CM Nayab Singh Saini have done so much for the wrestlers and they are happy with the state government.
Yogeshwar Dutt speaks during India TV Chunav Manch.
Yogeshwar on Vinesh Phogat row
Earlier, Yogeshwar had lashed out at Vinesh Phogat for costing India an Olympic medal and portraying a wrong image in front of the country instead of apologizing after her disqualification at the Paris Games.
On Vinesh Phogat, Yogeshwar said hew has nothing personally against her as she has her own preferences but the country should know the truth. Whatever happened in the country over the last one year, be it her disqualification from the Olympic Games or the protest, the country's image was painted in an incorrect manner, he said.
Why Yogeshwar didn't get ticket to fight assembly polls?
On not getting a ticket for the Haryana assembly polls, Yogeshwar said he tried his best to get ticket for the Assembly polls but it is the party that takes top decisions and he accepts the party's decision.
After he was overlooked by the BJP in its selection of candidates for the Haryana Assembly polls, Yogeshwar Dutt had put out a cryptic post on X. He had posted a Hindi poem, which translates to "when the character is pure, why is this your condition? Sinners don't have the right to test you, set out on a search to find yourself".
Haryana Assembly Elections 2024
Haryana will go to the polls on October 5 and the counting of votes will take places on October 8, along with those of Jammu and Kashmir polls. In the 2019 Assembly polls in Haryana, the BJP became the single-largest party with 40 seats and Congress won 31 seats in the 90-seated Assembly.
