allegations while talking to timesofindiacomif people think this fight is of only the farmers its not that its for the entire societythose who talk about party politics i would say that if such bills are brought by congress or any third party we would oppose the same wayi lived in patiala from 2001 to 2014 trained and grew up there learned about right and wrong my emotions my morals my blood all have punjab in it so how can i not step up to support the farmers i cant not do that added vijender who won a bronze medal at the 2008 olympics and is still the only male boxer from india to stand on the olympic podiumani photodont mix awards with farmers issuethe indian olympic association ioa on its part urged the protesting sportspersons to not mix their achievements in sports with the cause they are standing forof late sportspersons are seen to be announcing the return of their national awards as a mark of their support for the recent farmers issuenational awards and farmers issue are two separate things while every indian including us loves and supports the farmers and we all would always like our farming community to be happy as they are the annadatas food providers of our country a statement from the ioa president narinder batra and secretary general rajeev mehta readif you dont stand for the right cause you arent alivethe 35yearold vijender received the khel ratna the highest sporting honour in india in 2009 the bhiwaniborn boxer took this opportunity to try and knock down those trying to malign him with wrong facts related to his awardsin 2009 i received rs 7 lakh for rajiv gandhi khel ratna i confirmed this with my family as well they critics are saying rs 35 lakh and my railway pass i used for just one year in 2007 after receiving arjuna award in 2006 i havent used it or got it renewed ever since vijender who turned to professional boxing in 2015 and joined the congress before the 2019 general elections further told timesofindiacomif i get any more benefits i will sacrifice that as well i dont need anything waheghuru hor dauga god will give me more if you dont stand for the right cause you arent aliveani photovijender also refuted claims that this is a movement of only the farmers from punjab according to him just because the majority of the leaders sitting across the table in talks with the government are from punjab doesnt mean the new laws will only affect them those who have to say things will keep saying said vijender haryana came into being in 1966 it was only punjab before that more than half of himachal pradesh was punjab many big leaders in history have come from punjab like baba deep singh ji and guru gobind singh ji we haryana have originated from punjab so it is our big brother and we will follow themthe entire nation is there at