Badminton star Saina Nehwal joins BJP

Badminton star Saina Nehwal is going on Wednesday
joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). Haryana born Nehwal will join the BJP
reportedly in the presence of party chief Jagat Prakash Nadda.

Nehwal, 29, has won more than 24 major international
titles so far. She married fellow shuttler Parupalli Kashyap in 2018 in
Hyderabad.

Nehwal was last seen playing in the Thailand Masters
tournament, where she was knocked in the very first round.

Last year, a number of sportspersons including
cricketer Gautam Gambhir and wrestlers Yogeshwar Dutt and Babita Phogat had
joined the BJP.

While Dutt had joined the BJP on September 26, along
with Former captain of India hockey team Sandeep Singh, Phogat, also a fellow
Olympic medallist, had joined the party on August 12 last year.