Vinesh Phogat Bajrang Punia Joins Congress: Wrestlers Vinesh Phogat and Bajrang Punia are going to join the Congress party in New Delhi. In this connection, they met Congress National President Mallikarjun Kharge. The Congress President posted on Instagram about this and wrote, Chak De India, Chak De Haryana! Meeting our talented champions Vinesh Phogat and Bajrang Punia, who have made India proud in the world, at 10 Rajaji Marg. We are proud of both of you.

First he resigned from railways

Phogat resigned from the Indian Railways on Friday citing personal reasons. Talks of wrestlers Vinesh Phogat and Bajrang Punia joining the Congress intensified after both of them met Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on September 4. Punia is a bronze medalist at the Tokyo Olympics, while Phogat became the first female wrestler to reach the Olympic final.

Two bigwigs join Congress before elections

Assembly elections are going to be held in Haryana on October 5 next month. In such a situation, after these two high-profile people joining the Congress, it is expected that the morale of the party will increase before the elections. Wrestler Vinesh Phogat resigned from the railway job before joining the Congress party. She posted on X and wrote, "Serving the Indian Railways has been a memorable and proud time of her life."

Punia and Phogat were part of a protest in 2023 over sexual harassment allegations against former Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP and then Wrestling Federation of India chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh.