Sonali had contested the 2019 Haryana election from Adampur
Chandigarh: On Monday night, BJP leader Sonali Phogat died of a heart attack in Goa. She was 42 years old.
She had gone to Goa with some of her employees. There, she complained of uneasiness and was rushed to the hospital.
Haryana Chief Minister ML Khattar expressed grief in a Twitter post. "Deeply saddened to learn about the death of Sonali Phogat," he wrote.
The actor-politician Sonali had posted images and videos and was active on Instagram shortly before her death.
Sonali Phogat contested the 2019 Haryana election from Adampur as a BJP candidate. She lost to Kuldeep Bishnoi, who was the Congress candidate.
Mr. Bishnoi joined the BJP and resigned as an MLA last month.
Mr. Bishnoi had met with Sonali Phogat last week amid speculation that she would be the BJP candidate from Adampur in by-elections.
Sonali Phogat rose to fame with her TikTok videos and had a huge following on the video-sharing app.
She also debuted as a TV anchor in 2006 before joining the BJP two years later.
She made her acting debut in 2016 with the TV show 'Amma: Ek Maa Jo Laakhon Ke Liye Bani Amma'. She was also a part of the web series, 'The Story Of Badmashgarh' in 2019.
She came in light after participating in the 2020 edition of reality show Bigg Boss.
She was in headlines in the same year for thrashing an official publicly in Hisar in Haryana. In videos that went viral on social media, Sonali Phogat was seen hitting the man badly with her footwear.
Sonali Phogat has a daughter, named Yashodhara Phogat. Her husband, Sanjay Phogat, died at 42 in 2016 at their farmhouse only.
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