Wrestler and Olympian Vinesh Phogat and Bajrang Punia joined Congress at party headquarters on Friday. Ahead of their formal induction into Congress, Olympic medalist wrestler Sakshi Malik on Friday said that their decision to join the political party was their personal choice, adding that she too got offers but denied as she wanted to further the cause of women in wrestling. "I also got several political offers
Sakshi Malik said, "It is their personal choice to join the party. I believe that we should make sacrifices. Our agitation, the fight for women should not be given a wrong impression... From my end, the agitation continues...I too had received offers but I wanted to see what I started till the end. Unless the Federation is cleaned and the exploitation of women ends, my fight will continue. The fight is genuine and it will continue."
She further added, "I am apolitical. I work in Railways. My fight was only against Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh. I am not linked to any party so I will not join any party campaign." Notably, Vinesh and Bajrang joined Congress ahead of polling for the 90-member Haryana Assembly scheduled for October 5 with the counting of votes taking place on October 8. As per sources, Bajrang Puniya will not be contesting the Assembly Election he is likely to be appointed as the co-chairman of the campaign committee of the Haryana Congress for the Haryana Assembly polls and Vinesh Phogat will contest the election.
(With ANI Inputs)
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