Vijender Singh, India's first Olympic medallist in boxing and a Congress leader, joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday ahead of the Lok Sabha polls.
"I have joined the BJP in interest of the nation and to serve the people. I want to help more and more people," Singh said on joining the BJP.
#WATCH | Boxer & Congress leader Vijender Singh joins BJP at the party headquarters in Delhi#LokSabhaElections2024 pic.twitter.com/5fqOt9KIcp— ANI (@ANI) April 3, 2024
The Olympic medal-winning boxer justified his switch to the BJP, saying he made a "well thought out decision" after connecting with the saffron party through a common friend.
In the 2019 general election, Singh had fought unsuccessfully from the South Delhi constituency as a Congress candidate. His name was doings the rounds for the last few days as the party's nominee from Mathura, from where actor and incumbent MP Hema Malini is contesting again.
Singh comes from the Jat community, which has political influence in a large number of seats in Haryana, the state he comes from, western Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan.
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