Olympian Bajrang Punia named Working Chairman of All India Kisan Congress

Punia had joined the Congress today, along with Vinesh Phogat.

By: Express Web Desk
New Delhi | Updated: September 7, 2024 04:19 PM IST

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Wrestler Bajrang Punia with Congress MP K C Venugopal. (Express photo by Amit Mehra)

Olympian wrestler Bajrang Punia was appointed as the Working Chairman of the All India Kisan Congress on Friday, hours after he joined the party along with Vinesh Phogat.

Addressing a press conference earlier today, Punia said, “What BJP IT Cell is saying today that we just wanted to do politics… We had written to all women BJP MPs to stand with us but they still didn’t come. We are paying to raise the voices of women but now we know that BJP stands with atrocities against women, and all other parties stand with us. We will work hard to strengthen the Congress party and the nation… The day Vinesh qualified for (Paris Olympics) finals the country was happy but the next day everyone was sad. At that time, one IT Cell was celebrating.”

Phogat and Punia were at the forefront of the protests against former BJP MP and ex-Wrestling Federation of India president Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, who had been accused of sexual harassment by several prominent women wrestlers of the country.

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