The 30-year-old Phogat is anticipated to run for the Julana seat currently held by Amarjeet Dhanda of the Jannayak Janta Party.
Punia will be defending the Congressman’s Badli seat in the interim.
According to news agency ANI, the two met with Congress MP Rahul Gandhi this afternoon and are expected to step down from their current roles.
Grapplers’ entrance reinforces Congress’ situation
The planning of Phogat and Punia’s entrance into the Congress is huge as the party is as of now naming political decision competitors and engaged with seat-imparting converses with the Aam Aadmi Party.
This is being viewed as a transition to fortify its negotiating posture, particularly since some Haryana Congress pioneers have communicated doubts about a coalition with the AAP.
Phogat, Punia’s political presentation in the midst of seat-sharing discussions
The Congress and the AAP are individuals from the INDIA alliance that assembled the resistance in front of the April-June Lok Sabha political decision.
Nonetheless, this partnership has not been a critical figure state races since its development last year.
Gandhi is quick to change this, understanding that a unified resistance has a superior potential for success of overcoming the Bharatiya Janata Party, whether at the middle or state level.
Grapplers’ allure for Haryana electors
The Congress trusts that bringing Phogat and Punia locally available will reinforce its allure among electors in a Haryana, a state managed by the BJP beginning around 2014.
Phogat’s association with Haryana ranchers, who keep on challenging the BJP on issues like lawful certifications for MSP, is additionally expected to be a figure the Congress’ thought.
Last week, she visited ranchers at a dissent site in Shambhu on the Haryana-Delhi line, communicating fortitude with them.
Grapplers drove fights a year ago
Phogat and Punia stood out as truly newsworthy last year subsequent to driving fights against previous wrestling body boss Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, who has to deal with penalties of rape and terrorizing.
He was likewise a three-time BJP MP at that point in any case, enduring an onslaught from the resistance and careful about the optics, was denied a pass to safeguard Uttar Pradesh’s Kaiserganj Lok Sabha seat.
The BJP rather handled his child Karan Bhushan Singh, who won the seat.