Wrestler Babita Phogat, father Mahavir Phogat joins BJP
New Delhi: International wrestler Babita Phogat and her father Mahavir Phogat, a noted wrestling coach, joined the BJP on Monday. They joined the Bharatiya Janata Party in the presence of Sports and Youth Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju, party's general secretary in charge of Haryana Anil Jain and its state chief Subhash Badala.
Lauding the father-daughter duo, Rijiju said Babita Phogat has brought laurels to the country by bagging medals at several international events.
Her father is also an exemplary person for coaching his daughters and making them international level wrestlers.
The BJP believes that the induction of Phogats into the party will help it politically in the poll-bound Haryana. Assembly elections are due in the state later this yera.
The Phogat household came to be known nationwide following the success of Hindi film Dangal, which is loosely based on the lives of Phogat sisters, all of them wrestlers, and their father who coached them against all odds.
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5 dead, 37 injured in fire after truck carrying chemical collides with other vehicles in Jaipur
Jaipur (PTI): Five people were burnt alive and 37 injured in a major fire incident on the Jaipur-Ajmer national highway here on Friday morning after a truck loaded with a chemical collided with some other vehicles, police said.
They said around 30 trucks and other vehicles were gutted in the fire.
"Five people have died and 37 are injured," Police Commissioner Biju George Joseph told PTI.
Rajasthan Chief Minister Bhajanlal Sharma visited the SMS hospital, where the injured were admitted, and spoke to doctors.
He issued directions to officials and doctors to ensure proper treatment and other arrangements.
SHO of Bhankrota Manish Gupta said, "It was very difficult to control the fire. Fire brigade teams were not able to reach the burning vehicles. There were three petrol pumps in the affected area but fortunately, they are safe."
More than 25 ambulances reached the spot and shifted the victims to the hospital.
A nearly 300-metre stretch of the highway was affected by the accident. Traffic movement was stopped, leading to a long queue of vehicles.
