New delhi sources stated that popular badminton player and Olympic bronze medalist saina nehwal has joined bjp on wednesday at party headquarters in the presence of bjp National General Secretary Arun Singh. Nehwal's sister Chandranshu also joined the bjp along with Saina. Meanwhile haryana born saina nehwal, 29, is a major acquisition for the party in the middle of the delhi poll campaign; she is one of the most popular sportspersons in india with a huge fan following and brand value. She is preparing for the 2020 tokyo Olympics.
Earlier in 2015, saina nehwal became the first indian woman shuttler to achieve the World No. 1 ranking. She is currently ranked ninth. Recently the badminton player had participated in the thailand Masters 2020 but was defeated in the first round of women's singles itself. Apparently Nehwal, has won more than 24 major international titles so far. She married fellow shuttler Parupalli Kashyap in 2018 in Hyderabad. It is unclear as to what her role in the bjp will be. saina nehwal is a native of haryana and was born in Hisar. She spent many years training in hyderabad with Gopichand, but later moved to the Prakash Padukone Badminton Academy in Bengaluru.
Moreover in the past, Saina has supported the bjp government on many occasions, Recently, she was one of the first celebrities to support the Centre's controversial citizenship amendment act (CAA) and National Register of Citizens (NRC).
