Ahead of the Haryana assembly elections, Olympic medalist wrestler Bajrang Punia and female wrestler Vinesh Phogat joined the Congress on Friday. Both the wrestlers, who met Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday, officially joined the party today on Friday. With this, both of them are strong contenders to get tickets in the state assembly elections. This has put an end to the speculations going on for the last several days about these two. Now the question is how much benefit will the Congress get in this election with the arrival of these two wrestlers. In other words, how much shock will the BJP get due to the joining of these two players in the Congress.
BJP may get a shock
Last year, the effect of the wrestlers' protest was also seen in the Lok Sabha elections. There was a close contest between BJP and Congress. Both NDA and Congress won 5-5 seats. Now its effect will be seen in the assembly elections as well. The youth of Vinesh's village Charkhi Dadri say that the people here have not forgotten the pictures of Jantar-Mantar. The whole world had seen how the BJP government had treated the wrestlers. According to media reports, the effect of both the wrestlers joining the Congress will be seen not only in Charkhi Dadri but also in Rohtak and Kurukshetra. Political experts believe that Vinesh's joining the Congress will send a message from the Congress to women voters, especially young women. It is natural to see its effect on the elections. Political experts say that if women are more active in local politics, then women's issues are raised strongly in the state.
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Vinesh Phogat in support of farmers' movement
Farmers hope to get support
Both Phogat and Punia have supported the farmers' movement. When the farmers started the movement against the three agricultural laws of the central government in 2020, Phogat showed solidarity with the protesters. Recently, Vinesh Phogat went to Shambhu border and met the farmers sitting on the dharna. Earlier, she had said in one of her tweets that farmers just want respect for their hard work. Olympian wrestler Bajrang Punia also participated in the 'Kisan Mahapanchayat' held in Kurukshetra in June last year to show solidarity. Farmers took part in the protest. It is certain that the support of farmers to Congress can also definitely prove to be a setback for the BJP.
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Vinesh was disqualified at the Olympics
Vinesh Phogat recently made headlines when she was disqualified from the 50kg gold medal bout at the Paris Olympics for being 100 grams overweight. The Court of Arbitration for Sports (CAS) also rejected her plea to be awarded the joint silver medal. Meanwhile, Olympic bronze medallist Bajrang Punia staged a protest against former BJP MP and former Wrestling Federation of India chief Brij Bhushan Singh. In it, he accused him of sexual harassment and threatening him in 2023.
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Voting on 5th, counting on 8th
Voting for Haryana's 90 seats will be held on October 5 and counting of votes will take place on October 8. Meanwhile, the Congress and the Aam Aadmi Party are in talks over seat-sharing for the Haryana Assembly elections, raising hopes of a continuation of their alliance in the state that was forged during the Lok Sabha elections earlier this year.
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These are caste equations
The two major political forces in the state, the Congress and the BJP, are set to battle it out mainly for the Jat and Other Backward Class (OBC) vote banks respectively. The Jats constitute around 22 per cent of the state's population. The Congress is believed to have a strong hold on the Jats. According to the 2011 census, the Scheduled Caste population in the state is around 20 per cent of the state's population. This could be a deciding factor in the assembly elections. Voting pattern for Scheduled Castes in Haryana over the past decade The community voted overwhelmingly for the BJP in the 2014 assembly election, but was equally divided in the last election.
