BJP leader and actress Sonali Phogat passes away due to heart attack in Goa
NEW DELHI,AUG 23: Sonali Phogat breathed her last on August 22 night. She suffered a massive heart attack in Goa. Sonali, along with some of her staff members, had gone to Goa. More details about her last rites are awaited. Many celebrities from the entertainment industry have mourned her loss.
Sonali Phogat was last seen in Bigg Boss 14. She had entered as a wildcard contestant, after which she gained immense popularity. Sonali also has a daughter who was very close to her. Sonal Phogat made her acting debut with the TV serial Ek Maa Jo Laakhon Ke Liye Bani Amma in 2016. She then appeared in a Haryanvi film Chhoriyan Chhoron S Kam Nahi Hoti. She has been a part of several Punjabi and Haryanvi music videos. She was last seen in a web series, The Story Of Badmashgarh (2019). Sonali was also very popular on TikTok.
Sonali Phogat was also a BJP leader. She had contested the assembly elections from Adampur on a BJP ticket in the 2019 Haryana elections. She had contested against Kuldeep Bishnoi, who recently switched over from the Congress party to the BJP.
Sonali was a National Vice President of BJP’s Mahila Morcha and in charge of the Scheduled Tribe wing of Haryana, New Delhi and Chandigarh.
She was also a member of the BJP’s National Executive Committee. She also worked in the tribal areas of Jharkhand and Madhya Pradesh.
In December 2016, she lost her husband Sanjay Phogat. Her husband died at the age of 42 under mysterious circumstances in his farmhouse. She has a daughter named Yashodhara Phogat.
-PTI
