Delhi: Ahead of the Punjab Assembly elections, wrestler Dalip Singh Rana better known as The Great Khali, joined the Bharatiya Janata Party in Delhi on Thursday.
Earlier last year, photographs of him meeting Aam Aadmi Party convener Arvind Kejriwal went viral. There was speculation in the political arena that he may join the Aam Aadmi Party before the Punjab elections. However, on Thursday, he joined the BJP. Punjab will go to the polls on February 20.
After returning from the WWE ring, he has been living in Punjab for a long time and has a tremendous fan following there.
“I’m glad to have joined BJP. I feel that PM Modi’s work for the nation makes him the right Prime Minister. So, I thought why not be a part of his governance for the nation’s development,” Khali said at the BJP’s headquarter in New Delhi.
The Great Khali in WWE
Born on 27 August 1972, the Great Khali hails from Dhiraina in district Sirmaur in Himachal Pradesh. He made his WWE debut in 2006. Khali is a popular name in the WWE Universe. He has battled many professional wrestling superstars like The Undertaker, Kane, Batista, Shawn Michaels and even John Cena and Big Show. Now 49 years old, Khali was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame Class of 2021. 7-foot-1 tall and 347 pounds, Khali appeared in four Hollywood movies. He also appeared in the fourth season of the Indian reality show Big Boss and finished as the first runner-up. After retiring from the WWE, he opened Continental Wrestling Entertainment, an Indian professional wrestling promotion and training academy in Punjab.
Khali has opposed the farm laws
Dalip Singh Rana, aka The Great Khali, had also opposed the farm laws and showed his solidarity with the farmers’ movement. He had said that farmers are the country’s backbone, and he stands with every farmer of the nation. Due to the government’s wrong policies, farmers are coming on the streets. There will be similar dharnas and demonstrations if any ordinance is forcibly imposed on the farmers. Dalip Singh Rana had said that I am the son of a farmer, and I can understand the struggle and feelings of the farmers very well.
