GOA: Haryana\u2019s firebrand BJP leader Sonali Phogat passed away at the age of 42. Phogat was in Goga when she suffered a heart attack on Monday night, nearly six years after her husband, Sanjay Phogat, died under mysterious circumstances. His body was found in the farmhouse in Hisar in December 2016.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Phogat\u2019s first claim to fame was her popularity on now-banned Tik-Tok. She participated in ‘Bigg Boss 14’ as a contestant. She is survived by her daughter Yashodhara.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Sonali Phogat had told media persons on several occasions that the loss of her husband had affected her emotionally. Her mother-in-law advised her to join politics which was also the wish of her husband.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In the assembly elections held in 2019, Phogat contested against Kuldeep Bishnoi from Adampur and was defeated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Born on September 21, 1979, in Fatehabad of Haryana, Sonali Phogat was also an actress. She anchored shows on Doordarshan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Sonali Phogat played the role of Nawab Shah’s wife in the TV serial ‘Amma’. She also appeared in the Haryanvi song ‘Banduk Aali Jatani’. In June 2020, a video went viral on social media in which Sonali Phogat was seen beating a government officer with her slippers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Sonali Phogat publicly thrashed the secretary of the Hisar Market Committee in Balsamand. A police case was registered against Sonali on the complaint of the secretary.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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