Vinesh Phogat, a former Olympian wrestler turned politician, won the Julana constituency by more over 6,000 votes on Tuesday. Notably, the party last won this seat in 2005. Phogat’s victory is remarkable since the grand old party managed to reclaim the seat after 19 years.
Among noteworthy contenders, Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini, Congress leaders Bhupinder Singh Hooda, Vinesh Phogat, Udai Bhan, and Independent candidate Savitri Jindal were leading in their respective seats. However, senior BJP leader Anil Vij, INLD’s Abhay Singh Chautala, and JJP’s Dushyant Chautala were all trailing.
Her victory comes as the ruling BJP has crossed the majority threshold in the Haryana assembly, leading by 50 seats to the Congress’ 35, according to the latest trends on the Election Commission website. The BJP’s outstanding performance in Haryana, where it is running for a third term, has called into question exit poll results that forecast a resurgence by the Congress.
Olympians Vinesh Phogat and Bajrang Punia, well-known for their athletic prowess and for leading the wrestlers’ protest against then-WFI chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, entered politics last month by joining the Congress on September 6. jShe made it onto the party’s candidate list mere hours later.
The counting of ballots cast in the October 5 Haryana elections began at 8 a.m. on Tuesday.
The Olympian defeated BJP’s Captain Yogesh Bairagi, a former Army officer, and former professional wrestler Kavita Dalal of the Aam Aadmi Party – a member of the opposition alliance INDIA at the centre – by more than 6,000 seats.
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