India’s Olympic medal-winning boxer Vijender Singh has dropped a hint about leaving politics forward of the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. The 38-year-old shared a put up on the social media platform X.
The pugilist wrote on X, “Rajneeti Ko Ram Ram Bhai” on Thursday. Vijender’s put up comes after Congress couldn’t win the elections in Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh.
Vijender was lately seen within the wrestlers’ protest at Jantar Mantar. He additionally participated within the Bharat Jodo Yatra however has been away from politics for a while. He joined the Congress celebration in 2019 and had acknowledged that he would serve the countrymen. His announcement comes months earlier than the 2024 Lok Sabha Polls within the nation.
While becoming a member of Politics in 2019 the pugilist wrote on X (then Twitter), “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.”
Vijender fought within the Lok Sabha polls in 2019 however misplaced from South Delhi. He secured solely 13.56% of votes and even misplaced his deposit.
Vijender has received an Olympic medal for India. He secured a bronze for the nation in 2008 on the Beijing Olympics when he turned the primary from the nation to win a medal on the Games in boxing. Apart from that glory, he has additionally received bronze medals on the 2009 World Championships and the 2010 Commonwealth Games. Vijender has secured silver medals on the 2006 and 2014 Commonwealth Games.
