NewsX: Olympic hero Rajyavardhan Rathore joins BJP, quits army

2019-03-01 1

Many would have been surprised to see Colonel Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore on the dais along with BJP strongman Narendra Modi. The Athens Olympics silver medallist was, after all, a hardcore Armyman.

It soon became clear that the 43-year-old shooter was changing jobs. Having served the Army for long, he was switching to politics, and BJP was his chosen party. "It is an agnipariksha I am willing to take, if I can bring satisfaction to myself and many others," Rathore said.



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