Cricketer Ravindra Jadeja’s spouse Rivaba Jadeja made a powerful debut into electoral politics as she defeated her nearest rival within the Jamnagar North constituency by 53570 votes.
After 17 rounds of voting, Rivaba Jadeja had received 88110 votes, whereas her nearest rival Karshan Karmur of Aam Aadmi Occasion had polled 34818 votes, the Election Fee mentioned.
In an interplay with ANI after successful, Rivaba thanked Ravindra, saying that he was her fixed assist all through her marketing campaign. “I wish to give credit score to him for this victory as effectively. As my husband, he was all the time stood by my aspect. He motivated me and that’s a giant factor for me,” she mentioned.
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“This was a first-time expertise for him and when Modiji got here, he commented on a lighter observe that ‘you (Ravindra) should have by no means executed fielding like this earlier than.’ He (Ravindra) did no matter he might for me,” Rivaba added.
Rivabha, who was the chief of girls’s wing of Karni Sena, formally joined the BJP in 2019 forward of the Lok Sabha elections. At a media occasion at BJP’s Jamnagar workplace, she was welcomed to the occasion by Jamnagar-South MLA Rancho Faldu and Jamanar MP Poonam Maadam.
A 12 months earlier than, in 2018, Rivaba had hit headlines when she was allegedly assaulted by a police constable in Jamnagar metropolis. Nevertheless, the police constable had alleged that Rivaba was driving her automobile rashly and rammed into his bike simply exterior police headquarters within the metropolis. The officer, who was arrested, was later granted bail by a neighborhood courtroom after his advocate contended that the accused had been ‘wrongly arraigned.’