pune when double trap shooter shreyasi singh participated at the 2018 gold coast commonwealth games she surprised everyone by winning goldshe did something similar in her debut as a politician defeating sitting mla vijay prakash of jamui constituency in the bihar assembly elections on tuesdayby achieving both the feats the shooterturnedpolitician shreyasi just followed in her parents footstepsdaughter of former union minister digvijay singh and former member of parliament putul kumari shreyasi 29 won with a margin of over 41000 votesalthough politics has always run in the family shreyasi decided to take the plunge only during the coronavirus lockdown earlier this yearthe idea of joining politics was always there in my mind but it only got stronger during the lockdown in the lockdown period i virtually interacted with many locals and got to know about their problems i realized that there is so much to do for the people in my constituency so i decided to contest the assembly elections shreyasi who fought on bharatiya janata party seat told toias she has won the election shooting will have to take a backseat there is no shotgun range in bihar so if i have to train i will have to train in delhi but i dont know how much time i will get to train as i will have to be in my constituency now the arjuna awardee saidhowever she doesnt mind getting involved into sports administration especially in the national rifle association of india nraiif i get a chance i would definitely like to work as administrator in the nrai i feel not just shooters but all sportspersons have the ability to do well as administrators said shreyasi whose grandfather kumar surendra singh had served as nrai president from 1985 to 1999 before her father held the post from 1999 to 2010the bihar government is yet to be formed and the portfolios have not been announced shreyasi said she would gladly accept any role given to herit will be great if i get something in sports but i will work as honestly if i get a role in any other field the 2014 asian games teams bronze medallist said