Haryana Police on Thursday accepted Indianwrestler Babita Phogat's, who recently joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP),resignation from the post of a police officer in the state.

Babita had resigned from her post of an inspector in thestate police on August 13, a day after she and her father Mahavir Phogat joinedthe BJP in the presence of working president JP Nadda on August 12. They wereinducted into the ruling party in the presence of Union minister Kiren Rijiju.

On Thursday, Haryana police accepted her resignation,leading to speculation that the award-winning wrestler could contest in theupcoming state Assembly elections from a BJP ticket. According to Zee Mediasources, Babita is likely to contest from Dadri or Badhra assembly seat in theupcoming election.

While inducting the Phogats in the party, Union MinisterRijuju had praised Mahavir Singh Phogat and called him a role model for thesociety. "The way he created champions from a small village, I laud hisefforts," said Rijiju.The minister also expressed happiness over Babitajoining the BJP. Referring to the award-winning wrestler as a youth icon,Rijiju said that she can continue to be connected with the sports world afterjoining the BJP.

Babita Phogat has been a vocal supporter of the BJP. AfterPrime Minister Narendra Modi-led NDA government at the Centre scrapped Article370, which provided special status to Jammu and Kashmir, she had voiced hersupport on microblogging site Twitter.

After the announcement by Home Minister Amit Shah on Jammuand Kashmir in the Rajya Sabha, Babita had tweeted in Hindi, “This day willalways be remembered. Salute to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home MinisterAmit Shah. Jai Hind.”

She had also backed Haryana Chief Minister and BJP leaderManohar Lal Khattar over the latter’s remark on “Kashmiri brides”, which hadtriggered a political row. She had said that the Haryana Chief Minister had notgiven any statement which portrayed women wrongly. She had urged media to notdistort the BJP leader’s comments.