Brij Bhushan on Vinesh Phogat’s Haryana Win: ‘Power of My Name Helped Her’
Vinesh Phogat, who joined the Congress last month, won the Julana Assembly seat in Haryana Assembly elections, securing 65,080 votes. She defeated her rival, BJP’s Yogesh Kumar, by 6,105 votes.
Hours after Vinesh’s victory, former BJP MP Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh stated that it was his name that had the “power” to help her succeed. He remarked, “If she wins by using my name, it means I am a great man. At least my name has enough power to help her sail through.”
Singh made these comments during an event in Uttar Pradesh’s Gonda. He added, “Wherever (Vinesh) Phogat goes, destruction follows her, and it will happen in the future too. She may have won the election by herself, but Congress is completely doomed.”
He further claimed that “these wrestlers are not heroes but villains for Haryana,” referring to the recent Haryana elections where the BJP secured a clear majority with 48 seats while Congress won 37 seats.
Vinesh Phogat and wrestler Bajrang Punia had led protests against Brij Bhushan last year, where six wrestlers leveled sexual harassment allegations against him. Following their complaints, the Delhi Police filed an FIR against the former Kaiserganj MP after the Supreme Court’s intervention in May 2023.
