"Nothing bigger than being winner in people's eyes": Vinesh Phogat exudes confidence in winning Haryana polls
Sep 08, 2024
Jind (Haryana) [India], September 8 : Wrestler and Congress leader, Vinesh Phogat, on Sunday exuded confidence in winning the Julana seat in the upcoming Haryana Assembly Elections and said that nothing can be bigger than being a winner in people's eyes, which she already is.
Vinesh Phogat kicked off her election campaign in the Jind region of Haryana on Sunday.
"It feels good, people are very excited, the responsibility we have been given, the Congress party has sent us here as candidates, so people are giving us love and supporting us. Our people will make me win, and I am a winner in their eyes, so nothing can be bigger than this," Vinesh told reporters.
Addressed a public meeting in Jind, Vinesh thanked the Congress party for supporting the wrestlers. She also recalled the time when Priyanka Gandhi came to support the wrestlers at Jantar Mantar.
"We will inaugurate our office the day after tomorrow...The country has given me a lot. Whatever I am today is because of wrestling. I want to thank the Congress party a lot. Not only because they gave me the ticket but when we were sitting on the road, Priyanka Gandhi came to us. At that time we felt that we should leave our country but she (Priyanka Gandhi) said that we should not lose courage and we should answer these people through wrestling," she said.
Vinesh, along with wrestler Bajrang Punia, joined Congress on Friday, just one month ahead of the Haryana Assembly Elections.
Within hours of joining the party, Phogat was fielded as a party candidate from the Julana Assembly Constituency. While Punia was appointed as the working president of the All India Kisan Congress.
Punia won bronze at the Tokyo Olympics, while Vinesh Phogat became the first woman wrestler to reach the Olympics final in Paris last month. The wrestlers resigned from their respective positions in Northern Railways earlier on that day.
On Saturday, Phogat met former Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda and said that her new journey is not just politics but a fight for service and justice on a new platform.
The voting for the 90-member legislative assembly in Haryana will be held on October 5 and the last date for filing nominations is September 12. The counting of votes will be held on October 8.
In 2019 assembly polls, BJP became the single-largest party with 40 seats and Congress won 30 seats.
