<p class="title">Deepa Malik, a noted para-athlete on Monday joined the BJP with the party asserting that her presence will strengthen the organisation.</p>.<p class="bodytext">She joined the BJP in the presence of the party's Haryana unit chief Subhash Barala, and general secretary Anil Jain, who is in charge of its affairs in the state.</p>.<p class="bodytext">She is the first Indian woman to win a medal in Paralympic Games.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"We welcome her into the party. She is an inspiration for all of us. She has made the country proud," Jain said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">With the BJP yet to announce all its candidates in Haryana for the Lok Sabha elections, Malik may be in the reckoning for one of the seats, sources said. </p>
<p class="title">Deepa Malik, a noted para-athlete on Monday joined the BJP with the party asserting that her presence will strengthen the organisation.</p>.<p class="bodytext">She joined the BJP in the presence of the party's Haryana unit chief Subhash Barala, and general secretary Anil Jain, who is in charge of its affairs in the state.</p>.<p class="bodytext">She is the first Indian woman to win a medal in Paralympic Games.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"We welcome her into the party. She is an inspiration for all of us. She has made the country proud," Jain said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">With the BJP yet to announce all its candidates in Haryana for the Lok Sabha elections, Malik may be in the reckoning for one of the seats, sources said. </p>