Vinesh Phogat Refuses Dialogue with Modi Post-Olympics Setback

Indian wrestler Vinesh Phogat, who recently declared her retirement following her disqualification from the Paris 2024 Olympics, stated that she declined to speak with Prime Minister Narendra Modi after the incident. Now a Congress candidate for the Julana seat in the Haryana assembly elections, Phogat explained that she refused the call because she didn’t want her emotions and efforts to be politicized. “The call came through (PM) but I didn’t want to engage.

It wasn’t a direct call to me; Indian officials present informed me that he (PM Modi) wished to talk. I was willing, but they imposed conditions — no one from my team could be present, while two individuals from their side would record the conversation for social media,” she shared in an interview with The Lallantop.

“I didn’t want my feelings and hard work to be ridiculed on social media.” Phogat expressed that she would have appreciated a sincere call from the prime minister without the stipulation of publicizing the discussion.

“If he genuinely cared about athletes, he could have called without the recording, and I would have been thankful,” she remarked, adding that she feels Modi’s office set conditions to manage the narrative. “Perhaps he knows that if I talk to Vinesh, she will inquire about the past two years. Maybe that’s why I was told there would be no call from my side, as they could edit (the video) from their end, but I won’t edit. I will post the unedited video. So they declined.”

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