Wrestler Yogeshwar Dutt, who claimed a bronze medal at the Olympic Games in London in 2012 and was awarded the Padma Shri in 2013, has joined the BJP ahead of Assembly elections in Haryana next month. The 36-year-old athlete, who was born in Sonipat, is also likely to be fielded as a candidate in state polls that have been scheduled for next month.
“Yogeshwar Dutt met with senior BJP leaders at the party HQ today. He has resigned from from the government service and has joined the party,” BJP Haryana President Subhash Barala said.
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The wrestler had been linked to the BJP in March before Lok Sabha polls in April-May. According to a report by news agency PTI, his name had been recommended by the BJP’s state unit. The Election Commission, on Saturday, announced polling dates for assembly elections in Haryana and Maharashtra, as well as bypolls for 63 assembly seats across 17 states and a Union Territory. All elections will take place on October 21 and results will be declared on October 24.
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Both the Sonipat and Rohtak seats, one of which may be used to launch Yogeshwar Dutt into politics, are currently held by the BJP, which won 47 seats in the 90-member house in 2014 polls.
Earlier in August, Commonwealth Games champion Babita Phogat and her father Mahavir Phogat joined the Bharatiya Janata Party.
Mahavir Phogat, who was chief of the Jannayak Janata Party’s sports cell, has switched sides from the JJP, which was floated last year by former Hisar MP Dushyant Chautala
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