Cong candidate Vinesh Phogat files nomination from Julana

She is accompanied by Congress leader and Rohtak MP Deepender Singh Hooda and Sonipat MP Satpal Brahmachari

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Chandigarh, Updated At : 05:16 PM Sep 11, 2024 IST

Congress leader Deepender Hooda, former wrestler and Congress candidate from Julana constituency Vinesh Phogat and others during her nomination filing for the upcoming Haryana Assembly elections, in Jind district, Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2024. (PTI Photo)

Wrestler-turned-politician and Congress candidate for Haryana Assembly polls Vinesh Phogat filed her nomination from Julana in Jind district on Wednesday.

She was accompanied by Congress leader and Rohtak MP Deepender Singh Hooda and Sonipat MP Satpal Brahmachari.

Thursday is the last day of filing of nominations for next month's polls.

Speaking to reporters later, Deepender Hooda said Phogat will secure a "big win" for the party and exuded confidence that not just in Julana, the Congress will get an absolute majority in the Haryana Assembly under the leadership of Bhupinder Singh Hooda.

"People have made up their mind that under Hooda sahab's leadership, the Congress has to be brought to power and the BJP has to be ousted," he said.

The BJP has fielded Yogesh Bairagi, a former commercial pilot, against Olympian wrestler Phogat in the Jat-dominated Julana Assembly segment.

Though Phogat hails from Balali in Charkhi Dadri district, her in-laws' hometown is Julana. Bakhta Khera village in Julana is the native village of her husband Somvir Rathee.