Former Indian cricketer Gautam Gambhir on Friday joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in front of the pivotal Lok Sabha race this year, slated to happen between April 11 and May 19, with the relying on May 23.
Gautam Gambhir, who reported his retirement from cricket in December 2018, has been exceptionally vocal about his help to the decision government at the Center, and has regularly praised the strategies and choices taken by the BJP. As per sources in the BJP, Gautam Gambhir is probably going to challenge from New Delhi Lok Sabha voting demographic, supplanting Meenakshi Lekhi.
Gautam Gambhir stated, “I am joining this gathering (BJP) in the wake of getting impacted by PM Narendra Modi’s vision. I am regarded to get the chance to join this stage.” He was invited to the gathering by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley and Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said.
Amid the public interview, Arun Jaitley additionally took an agree at Congress pioneer Navjot Singh Sidhu saying, “We have had an encounter where one past cricketer all of a sudden turned into a Pakistan sympathizer, in any event Gambhir doesn’t have such past.”
As of late, the Gautam Gambhir said that there is nothing incorrectly in relinquishing the 2019 ICC World Cup coordinate against Pakistan gave the entire nation backs the choice and players don’t confront any backfire.
“My own view is that there is nothing incorrectly in relinquishing the World Cup coordinate against Pakistan. Two are not so critical by any means. At last, it is the nation which is essential and those warriors who lost their lives in Pulwama.”
He had before denied theories about him joining legislative issues. He had tweeted in January, “There have been theoretical stories that I am joining legislative issues. It would be ideal if you enable me to elucidate that there’s no reality in this. Right now, I am only a resigned cricketer who like every one of you is sitting tight for India’s arrangement win in Australia.”
Gautam Gambhir, who got Padma Shri grant from President Ram Nath Kovind, be that as it may, felt that the whole country needs to back the Indian cricket group in the event that they choose to relinquish the match against Pakistan and let go of two points.
In the interim, the BJP discharged the primary rundown of contender for the Lok Sabha surveys on Thursday (March 21). Head administrator Narendra Modi will by and by challenge Lok Sabha race from Varanasi, the BJP boss Amit Shah will challenge from Gandhinagar in Gujarat supplanting party veteran LK Advani. The BJP reported names of 184 candidates for the Lok Sabha races in the main rundown.
Here are some previous Indian cricketers who joined governmental issues:
Kirti Azad: The former cricketer, who has represented India in 7 Tests and 25 ODIs, is at present the Lok Sabha MP from Darbhanga, Bihar. Azad had joined governmental issues on a BJP ticket, yet the 60-year-old moved his faithfulness to the Congress a month ago.
Navjot Singh Sidhu: The previous Indian opener began his political profession by challenging the Lok Sabha decisions in 2004 on a BJP ticket. In February 2007, he challenged the Lok Sabha by-race from Amritsar and developed triumphant once more. In 2017, Sidhu joined the Congress party expressing that the BJP-Akali Dal alliance government in Punjab neglected to control the medication danger. He won from the Amritsar East voting demographic in 2017 and was designated Minister of Local Government, Tourism and Cultural Affairs.
Mohammad Azharuddin: The previous Indian skipper began his political voyage by joining Congress in 2009. He challenged in the 2014 general races from Tonk-Madhopur body electorate in Rajasthan, yet lost to the BJP’s applicant by practically 1.35 lakh cast a ballot. In November 2018, the 56-year-old was selected as the working leader of the Congress in Telangana.
Chetan Chauhan: The previous India opener joined the BJP and was chosen as Lok Sabha MP from Amroha in Uttar Pradesh twice, in 1991 and 1998. He is as of now Minister for Sports and Youth Welfare in the Uttar Pradesh state government. Mohammad Kaif: The cricketer challenged the 2014 Lok Sabha race on a Congress ticket from Phulpur voting public just to be overwhelmed by BJP’s Keshav Prasad Maurya.
