Big news is coming out at this time. Indian wrestler Vinesh Phogat and Bajrang Punia met Congress leader Rahul Gandhi. Pictures of Vinesh Phogat, Bajrang Punia and Rahul Gandhi are going viral rapidly. After this picture, there is a continuous round of speculation. Actually, both the wrestlers met the Congress high command even before the announcement of the candidates in the election. Now speculation has intensified that Vinesh Phogat and Bajrang Punia will contest the Haryana Assembly elections on Congress ticket.
Will Vinesh Phogat and Bajrang Punia contest elections?
Actually, discussions are going on in the Congress party regarding the names of candidates and ticket sharing for the Haryana Assembly elections. Haryana Congress in-charge Deepak Babaria was recently questioned about Vinesh Phogat and Bajrang Punia. Babaria has said that the names of Vinesh Phogat or Bajrang Punia are not among the 32 candidates whose names have already been decided. He had said that clarity will come in this matter soon.
Bajrang-Vinesh also met KC Venugopal
#WATCH | Wrestlers Bajrang Punia and Vinesh Phogat arrive at the residence of Congress General Secretary KC Venugopal, in Delhi pic.twitter.com/VWrg1tC4Nk
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Congress had shared the picture of Rahul Gandhi’s meeting with Vinesh Phogat and Bajrang Punia today. After this, both of them reached to meet KC Venugopal. Vinesh Phogat, Bajrang Punia and Sakshi Malik had a long agitation against former Wrestling Federation of India President Brajbhushan Sharan Singh. These players were sitting at Jantar Mantar and accused Brajbhushan Sharan Singh, a BJP MP, of sexually harassing female wrestlers. After protesting for about a month, these players ended their agitation on the assurance of Home Minister Amit Shah.
List of Congress candidates
The Central Election Committee of the Congress has approved the names of candidates for 66 out of 90 seats till Tuesday. However, the names have not been announced yet. It is expected that the list of Congress candidates may be released in a day or two. Voting will be held on October 5 for 90 assembly seats in Haryana and counting of votes will be done on October 8.
