‘Satyanaash hi hoga’: Brij Bhushan Singh reacts to Vinesh Phogat’s victory in Haryana | India News – Times of India

CHANDIGARH: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh on Tuesday targeted Congress leader Vinesh Phogat after her victory in the Julana constituency during the Haryana elections and claimed the former wrestler used his name to secure her win.
Speaking to news agency ANI, Brij Bhushan said: “…Many BJP candidates have won in ‘jaat’ majority seats…The so-called wrestlers in the excitement of the wrestler there are no heroes of Haryana. They are also villains to all junior wrestlers… If she (Vinesh Phogat) used my name to win, it means I am a great man who helped her win. She won, but Congress lost… ‘Wo jahan jahan jaegi, satyanaash hi hoga’.”

Vinesh Phogat, now a politician representing the Congress Party, secured the Julana constituency seat by defeating Yogesh Kumar of the BJP by a margin of 6,000 votes. This victory marks a major milestone for the Congress as it is the first win from this seat since 2005. Julana is one of the 90 Legislative Assembly constituencies in Haryana, located in Jind district and falling under the Sonipat Lok Sabha constituency.
The Election Commission had rescheduled the elections in Haryana to October 5 and counting of votes to October 8. Earlier in 2023, wrestlers Sakshi Malik, Bajrang Punia and Vinesh Phogat took part in a protest against Brij Bhushan, accusing him of sexual harassment of female wrestlers. . Two FIRs were registered against the former WFI chief based on the complaints filed by the wrestlers, with one FIR filed under the POCSO Act in the case of a small-time wrestler.
(With inputs from ANI)