Vinesh Phogat, Bajrang Punia's resignations accepted by Indian Railways ahead of Haryana polls
September 09, 2024 12:13 ISTVinesh Phogat and Bajrang Punia are expected to be relieved from their duties by the Railways as early as possible.
Vinesh Phogat and Bajrang Punia are expected to be relieved from their duties by the Railways as early as possible.
A senior railway official confirmed that the standard three-month notice period for resigning employees will be waived in their cases. "The provision of serving a three-month notice period will not hinder the process. We have decided to expedite the resignations of both players," the official stated
The threat comes amid an intense campaign for the Haryana Assembly elections. Bajrang Punia and his fellow wrestler Vinesh Phogat, who recently joined Congress ahead of crucial polls, created a huge buzz in the political circle in the poll-bound state.
In an exclusive interview with India TV wrestler Bajrang Punia elaborated on why he joined Congress and his take on BJP in upcoming Haryana Assembly elections.
Vinesh and Bajrang joined the Congress on Friday ahead of the Haryana assembly polls.
However, another female wrestler Sakshi Malik, who was part of the protest against Brij Bhushan, said both Vinesh and Bajrang Punia have taken personal decisions without consulting her, and it would have been better if they had stayed away from politics.
Wrestlers Vinesh Phogat and Bajrang Punia have now entered the political arena. Today, both Vinesh and Bajrang joined Congress. Vinesh will contest from the Julana seat in Jind on a Congress ticket. However, it remains unclear whether Bajrang Punia will contest or from which seat. Rumour has it that
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Vinesh Phogat and Bajrang Punia joined the Congress party today after meeting party chief Mallikarjun Kharge. Phogat will contest the upcoming Haryana assembly elections.
Voting on 90 assembly seats in Haryana will be held on October 5 and counting of votes will be undertaken on October 8. Meanwhile, the Congress and AAP are engaged in seat-sharing talks for the Haryana Assembly polls with hard bargaining from both sides.
Congress has so far remained silent on whether Punia and Phogat could be fielded in the upcoming Haryana Assembly elections. Voting on 90 assembly seats in Haryana will be held on October 5 and counting of votes will be undertaken on October 8.
The ace wrestler Vinesh Phogat suffered a shock disqualification hours before her final bout in the women's 50kg category at the Paris Olympics and is waiting on a CAS's verdict on her plea for a silver medal.
India's ace wrestler has decided to discontinue wrestling following her disqualification from the women's 50kg weight category at the Paris Olympics. Bajrang Punia and fans reacted to the same with 'you are a champion' posts as Vinesh missed a medal despite qualifying for the Gold medal bout.
Bajrang Punia was provisionally suspended last month for refusing to provide his urine sample to the National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA) during the selection trials in Sonipat, Haryana on March 10.
The National Anti Doping Agency (NADA) had suspended India's Olympic medallist Bajrang Punia on April 23 and the United World Wrestling had also taken a similar action against the India wrestler.
Tokyo Olympics bronze-medallist Bajrang Punia was handed a provisional suspension by the National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA) indefinitely for refusing to undergo a doping test after his bouts in Olympic Qualifiers.
Indian Olympic medallist Bajrang Punia has been provisionally suspended by the National Anti-Doping Agency indefinitely after failure to provide his urine sample in time. Punia issued a statement regarding the same while alleging that the agency brought an expired kit to take the sample.
The ace Indian wrestler Bajrang Punia and the Tokyo Olympics medalist Ravi Dahia suffered heavy defeats in their respective bouts at the ad-hoc committee-backed selection trials to select teams for the Paris Olympics qualification.
"I would like to inform all affiliated units of the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) that the selection trials to select the teams for participation in the following events are being conducted on 10th and 11th March 2024," WFI president Sanjay Singh said.
The United World Wrestling had lifted WFI's suspension "considering all the elements and information". However, the decision has met with backlash from the wrestlers Bajrang Punia and Sakshee Malikkh as they cited that the former WFI chief and his allies will be in power again.
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