Ace badminton participant Saina Nehwal has congratulated Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on BJP’s “thumping victory” in elections to the posts of the district panchayat chief, prompting a pointy remark from RLD president Jayant Chaudhary who referred to as her “sarkaari shuttler”.
In a tweet on Saturday evening, Nehwal stated, “Hearty congratulations for thumping victory in Zila Panchayat Chairperson election in UP @myogiadityanath sir.”
Nehwal had joined the BJP forward of the 2020 Delhi Assembly elections.
Reacting to Nehwal’s tweet nearly one-and-half-hours later, Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) president Chaudhary tweeted, “Sarkaari shuttler recognises BJP skill in smashing peoples’ verdict! I think voters need to play a subtle drop shot on celebs trying to influence their decisions!”
The BJP on Saturday claimed to have swept the elections to the posts of the district panchayat chief even because the SP alleged that the ruling social gathering “kidnapped” voters and used “force” to cease them from voting.
Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Akhilesh Yadav accused the BJP of creating a mockery of the elections, saying it’s unusual that whereas most leads to the polls for the district panchayat members had been in favour of his social gathering, the BJP gained within the contest for the district panchayat chief.
Though the panchayat polls in UP should not held on the social gathering image and the state Election Commission didn’t announce the social gathering affiliation of the successful candidates, the BJP claimed that the candidate backed by it gained on 67 of 75 posts, the elections for which had been held on Saturday.
