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Updated: Sep 26, 2019 17:45 IST

Yogeshwar Dutt, Olympic bronze medalist and champion wrestler, met Haryana BJP chief Subhash Barala in Delhi on Wednesday and was formally inducted into the party.

The meeting comes ahead of the ticket distribution for the crucial Haryana assembly polls.

Former Indian hockey captain Sandeep Singh also joined the BJP on Thursday along with Akali Dal MLA Balkaur Singh.

Yogeshwar Dutt said he has long been impressed with the policies of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Modi had shown that “good things can be done in politics”, added Dutt. Dutt was awarded the Padma Shri in 2013 and won a gold medal at the 2014 Commonwealth Games. Echoing his view, Singh said he will now serve the country in politics after doing so as a sportsperson.

The former captain of the Indian national hockey team was seriously injured when he was accidentally shot in 2006 while on his way to join the national team which was due to leave for the World Cup in Africa two days later.

(With PTI inputs)