BJP’s Babita Phogat advocates sports for women in Haryana polls

Dadri: Two-time Commonwealth Games gold medallist Babita Phogat, who is making her debut in ‘political dangal’ with Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for the upcoming state assembly polls, is advocating the promotion of women’s sports in the state.
She aims to rechristen Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s flagship ‘Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao’ programme by incorporating ‘Beti Khilao’ in it with an aim to not only overcome the problem of decline in child sex ratio but also promote sports among women in villages.
Babita, BJP’s candidate from Dadri, is pitted against ex-serviceman Nirpender Singh Sangwan of the Congress, BJP rebel and Independent Sombir Sangwan (52) and Indian National Lok Dal’s breakaway faction Jannayak Janata Party’s (JJP) Satpal Sangwan, a Congress rebel.
Besides Babita, the others in the fray are veteran politicians belonging to the Jat community.
While Nirpender and Satpal are former legislators, Sombir finished second in the 2014 assembly polls.
As per election records, no candidate has ever won the seat for the second consecutive term and every time the competition has been closed.