Shoot On Sight

He is one of the best marksmen India has produced, an Olympic medalist who gave the country its first ever individual silver after Independence at the highest sporting event. She is also an Olympian, the current national record-holder in discus throw and the first Indian woman to win a Commonwealth gold in track and field. This election, these two champion athletes바카라�Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore and Krishna Poonia바카라�are facing off in an electoral contest for the Jaipur Rural Lok Sabha seat in what is being billed as a battle of the legends. And it is shaping up as one of the most exciting contests this election season.

Yet, both are not new to elections. Rathore is a Union minister, having won the seat with a landslide verdict on a BJP ticket in 2014. On the other hand, the Congress바카라�s Poonia is an MLA from Sadulpur in Rajasthan바카라�s Churu district, a seat she won in December by thumping BJP stalwart Ram Singh Kaswan, a four-time MP. Jaipur Rural바카라�s nearly 41 lakh electorate will vote on May 6, a day after Poonia turns 42.

So how do two sportstars바카라�who have been Team India colleagues at the Olympics and other multi-national competitions and shared the games villages several times바카라�take on each other? With grace, of course. 바카라�I will win the contest,바카라� an upbeat Poonia tells Outlook. 바카라�I regard him as an athlete. Now, our fields are different. Sport has taught me a lot, so I바카라�ll not use foul language against him, and I바카라�ve no negative thoughts either.바카라� Rathore, 49, busy in campaigning, was not available for comments, but those who know him say the BJP candidate also holds Poonia in high esteem.

So, far Poonia and Rathore haven바카라�t come face to face during their campaign. What will happen if their eyes met? 바카라�Don바카라�t know what that situation will be,바카라� she says, laughing out loudly. Poonia, however, adds that she would not spare Rathore while highlighting his 바카라�unfulfilled바카라� promises. 바카라�He was a minister, but he didn바카라�t live up to many promises he made to the people of this constituency. For example, in 2014 he had promised that he would make a stadium in each village if he won. He didn바카라�t do that. He also promised he would construct halls in schools, but didn바카라�t. I바카라�ll put all that before the people,바카라� says the wife of former nat­ional hammer champion Virender Singh Poonia.