NEW DELHI: Wrestler-turned-politician Vinesh Phogat, contesting on a Congress ticket, is at the moment trailing in the Julana constituency. BJP candidate Yogesh Kumar is main by a margin of 1,417 votes, in response to the Election Commission of India.
Julana meeting constituency is one of the 90 Legislative Assembly constituencies in Haryana, India. It is situated in the Jind district.The Julana Assembly constituency falls beneath the Sonipat Lok Sabha constituency.
The Election Commission rescheduled the polling date in Haryana to Oct 5 and accordingly revised the counting date for Haryana to Oct 8.
The major candidates for this election are Yogesh Bairagi representing the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Vinesh Phogat from the Indian National Congress (INC).
Who is Vinesh Phogat?
Indian freestyle wrestler Vinesh Phogat participates in the 53 kg weight class and hails from a household of wrestlers. She is the cousin of Geeta Phogat and Babita Kumari. Vinesh has secured quite a few medals for India in worldwide competitions such because the Asian Games and Commonwealth Games.
Notably, she was the primary Indian lady wrestler to qualify for the Olympics, the place she gained a bronze medal in the 2021 Tokyo Olympics in the 53 kg class.
Recently, Vinesh Phogat, together with different Indian wrestlers, staged a protest at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi. The protest targetted Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, the chief of the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI), who faces allegations of sexual harassment and prison intimidation from seven feminine wrestlers. The alleged incidents reportedly occurred over a decade, from 2012 to 2022. The wrestlers demanded {that a} police criticism be filed towards Singh and that he be arrested beneath the POCSO Act since one of the complainants is a minor.
Vinesh introduced her retirement from sports activities, a day after being disqualified from the “Paris Olympics” stating she not had the energy to proceed. She was disqualified after being discovered 100 grams obese in the course of the weigh-in forward of her gold medal match.
Julana Key Candidates
Several political events have introduced their candidates for the Haryana Assembly Elections 2024, particularly from the Julana constituency. The outstanding events fielding candidates embrace Bharatiya Janata Party, Indian National Congress, Indian National Lok Dal, and Aam Aadmi Party.
Here is the record of 12 candidates contesting in Haryana Assembly Elections 2024 from Julana constituency:
Yogesh Kumar of Bharatiya Janata Party; Vinesh Phogat of Indian National Congress; Kavita Rani of Aam Aadmi Party; Surender Lather of Indian National Lok Dal; Amarjeet Dhanda of Jannayak Janta Party; Jogi Sunil Rashtriya of Garib Dal; Amit Sharma of Independent; Inderjeet of Independent; Coach Jasvir Singh Ahlawa of Independent; Prem of Independent; Bijender Kumar of Independent; Ramrattan of Independent.
| Party title | Candidates | Results |
| Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) | Yogesh Kumar | Leading |
| Indian National Congress (INC) | Vinesh Phogat | Trailing |
| Jannayak Janata Party | Amarjeet Dhanda | |
| Garib Dal | Jogi Sunil Rashtriya | |
| Aam Admi Party | Kavita Rani | |
| Indian National Lok Dal | Surender Lather | |
| Independent | Amit Sharma | |
| Independent | Inderjeet | |
| Independent | Coach Jasvir Singh Ahlawa | |
| Independent | Prem |
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Julana Assembly elections end result (2019)
In the 2019 Haryana Assembly Elections, the Julana constituency had a complete of 173,645 electors, with 126,375 legitimate votes solid. In the 2019, Haryana Assembly elections, Amarjeet Dhanda of the Jannayak Janta Party (JJP) emerged victorious from the Julana constituency. Dhanda defeated Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate Parminder Singh Dhull by a margin of 24,193 votes. This election noticed important competitors between the JJP and BJP in the Julana seat. Dhanda's win marked a notable success for the JJP in this area.
Julana Assembly elections end result (2014)
In the 2014 Assembly Elections, Parminder Singh Dhull of the Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) secured a victory in the Julana constituency. He gained with a major margin of 22,806 votes over his opponent, Dharmnder Singh Dhull of the Indian National Congress, who obtained 31,826 votes.
