General Elections 2024: Boxer leader Vijender Singh quits Congress, joins BJP ahead of Lok Sabha Polls
Boxer Vijender Singh, Indias first Olympic medallist in boxing, had joined the politics in April 2019 and contested the 2019 Lok Sabha election unsuccessfully from the South Delhi constituency on a Congress ticket.
General Elections 2024, Lok Sabha Polls: Ahead of the 2024 General Elections, boxer and former Congress leader Vijender Singh has joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday, April 3. Singh, India's first Olympic medallist in boxing, had joined the Congress in April 2019.
The 2008 Beijing Olympics bronze medal winning pugilist joined the BJP in the presence of the party's National General Secretary Vinod Tawde in Delhi.
After joining the BJP, Singh said, "I have joined BJP today for the development of the country and to serve the people..."
Singh had fought the 2019 Lok Sabha election unsuccessfully from the South Delhi constituency on a Congress ticket.
As per reports, his name was doing the rounds as Congress party's nominee from Mathura, where BJP has fielded actor and incumbent MP Hema Malini.
Hailing from the Jat community, Singh holds sway and has political influence over a large number of seats from his home state Haryana, and in western Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan.
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