New Delhi, April 3 (UNI) Boxer Vijender Singh on Wednesday joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) ahead of the Lok Sabha election.

Vijender Singh joined the saffron party in the presence of BJP's National General Secretary Vinod Tawde, at party headquarters in New Delhi.



He had joined the Congress in 2019 and contested the Lok Sabha election from South Delhi constituency and lost to BJP MP Ramesh Bidhuri.

Speaking after joining the party Vijender said that "I have joined the BJP in the interest of the nation and to serve the people. I want to help more and more people," Singh said on joining the BJP.

"Ever since the Modi government came to power the kind of respect the sportspersons are getting across the globe is commendable" he added.

The 38-year-old boxer from Haryana's Bhiwani district, who won a bronze at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, was the first Indian boxer to achieve this.

He also secured bronze at the 2009 World Championships and the 2010 Commonwealth Games, as well as silver at the 2006 and 2014 Commonwealth Games.

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