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Wrestler Yogeshwar Dutt is BJP candidate from Baroda in Haryana Bypolls

Oct 16, 2020, 08:53 AM IST
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The ruling BJP on Thursday named party leader and Olympic medallist Yogeshwar Dutt as its nominee for the bypoll to the Baroda assembly constituency.

According to a party statement, the wrestler-turned-politician will contest the November 3 bypoll from Baroda seat in Sonipat.

The last date to file nomination for the bypoll is Friday.

The bye-election was necessitated due to the demise of Congress MLA Shri Krishan Hooda in April. In the 2019 assembly polls, Dutt had lost to Hooda from the seat.

Till about midnight, the Congress was yet to announce its candidate for the seat.

Earlier in the morning, some sports personalities including BJP leader Babita Phogat, Sakshi Malik, Geeta Phogat and Mr Dutt had met Chief Minister ML Khattar in Delhi.

The sportspersons batted for Mr Dutt's candidature for the Baroda seat, which the party has never won.

Mr Khattar earlier said that the party's state unit had discussed 25 names, but shortlisted four and sent it to the party high command.

The party on Thursday evening announced Mr Dutt's name for the seat.

The wrestler-turned-politician, who hails from Bhainswal Kalan village in Sonipat district, had joined the BJP in 2019 ahead of the state assembly polls.

Dutt, who won the bronze medal in the 2012 Olympic Games, also won a gold medal in the 2014 Commonwealth Games and was awarded the Padma Shri in 2013.

Ahead of the next month''s bypolls, Dutt has been actively campaigning in the constituency.PTI

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