Politics thicker than blood in Phogat clan. Babita ready to campaign against Vinesh ‘if BJP wants’
Gurugram: Olympian Vinesh Phogat’s political debut as the Congress candidate for Julana assembly seat in the upcoming elections in Haryana has deepened faultlines within the Phogat clan—the renowned family of wrestlers from village Balali, which comprises coach Mahavir Phogat, his daughters and his nieces.
Earlier this week, Vinesh’s cousin and Bharatiya Janata Party leader Babita Phogat posted on her social media account a clip from an interview to a news channel, where she iterates her willingness to go to Julana to campaign as BJP’s “star campaigner” against her cousin if asked by the party, in response to the interviewer’s question.
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