‘In a democracy anyone can join politics’: BJP on wrestlers’ move
Politics tamfitronics AICC General Secretary KC Venugopal with wrestlers Vinesh Phogat and Bajrang Punia during a press conference after joining the Congress party at the party headquarters, in New Delhi. (Pic credit: PTI)NEW DELHI: Treading cautiously, BJP on Friday downplayed wrestlers Vinesh Phogat and Bajrang Punia joining Congress and said that in a democracy anyone can join politics. BJP brass, sources said, was of the view that the case against former WFI chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, who was dropped as party's candidate from Kaiserganj LS seat, was sub judice and its merit should not be questioned based on political leanings of the wrestlers even as the two were at forefront of the campaign. BJP netas recalled that PM Modi gave instructions to IOA officials to take all measures to fight the case against...