Reportedly Babita Phogat the medal-winning sportsperson from Haryana’s wrestler family that inspired the Aamir Khan-starrer Bollywood film ‘Dangal’, joined the BJP on Monday in national capital delhi. As per report her father and Dhronacharya awardee Mahavir Phogat also switched parties and joined her daughter in the BJP.
Meanwhile ahead of the 2019 national elections, Mahavir Phogat had joined Jannayak Janata Party founded by ajay Chautala, the jailed elder son of former chief minister OP Chautala. Further he was made chief of the party’s sports cell, but the party ticket that the family had expected didn’t come. Perhaps at a BJP event to announce the induction of the daughter-father team, Babita Phogat showered praises on Prime Minister Narendra modi.
Moreover Mahavir Phogat said: “BJP government did a great work by scrapping Article 370 of the Constitution and bifurcating Jammu and Kashmir into two union territories”. He also showered praises on Haryana government led by Chief Minister Manohar Lal “for providing the state with a transparent government and recruiting youth in a fair manner”. Perhaps Babita had sued the Haryana government for not upgrading her as the deputy superintendent of police despite the many medals that she had won. She was a sub-inspector. But she lost the case in June this year and later, according to her family, has resigned from service. Currently Babita, who is recovering from an injury, also aims to qualify for the Olympics and eventually bring home the glory of an Olympic gold medal for the country.
