Boxer Vijender Singh joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday ahead of the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.
After becoming a party member, Singh said, “I have joined the BJP in the interest of the nation and to serve the people. I want to help more and more people.”
In presence of BJP leaders Vinod Tawde, Ramvir Singh Bidhuri and Rajiv Babbar, he joined the party at the party headquarters in New Delhi.
Singh, a former member of the Congress, ran from South Delhi in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections but was defeated by Ramesh Bidhuri of the BJP, who also defeated Raghav Chadha of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP).
According to PTI, Singh was being considered to run in the next elections as the Congress party’s nominee from Mathura, the same seat that actor and BJP MP Hema Malini is running from again.
Originating from the Jat community, which is politically powerful in several seats, particularly in his native Haryana.
Taking to X, Singh wrote in a cryptic post, “Wherever the public wants, I am ready.”
On joining Congress, Singh said, “In more than 20 years of my career in boxing I have always made my country proud in the ring. Now it’s time to do something for my countrymen & serve them. I would like to accept this opportunity & thank INC India party, Rahul Gandhi ji and Priyanka Gandhi ji for this responsibility.”
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