Boxer and Congress leader Vijender Singh joined the Bharatiya Janata Party on Wednesday ahead of the Lok Sabha polls. Singh had fought the 2019 general elections unsuccessfully from the South Delhi seat as a candidate of the grand old party.
“Today I am joining the BJP… it is like ghar wapsi (homecoming) for me,” Singh said after the joining the saffron camp at the party’s headquarters in the national capital. BJP’s general secretary Vinod Tawde was also present at the HQ.
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“Good to be back,” he said, adding that, “When we would go out for the fight there were issues at airports but now under this government we are getting all the respect.”
Singh also said that he has joined the party for the “development of the nation and to serve the people”.
Tawde said, “Vijender ji is joining us today… He will participate in the party’s Viksit Bharat campaign. We will use him in Haryana, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh as well.”
The boxer’s name has been doing rounds for the past few days as Congress’ nominee from Mathura, from where actor and incumbent MP Hema Malini is contesting again.
Singh — India’s first Olympic medalist in boxing — comes from the Jat community, which has political influence in a large number of seats in Haryana, the state he comes from, western Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan.
(With PTI inputs)
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