Did she or did she not mean Saina Nehwal?
Deccan ChronicleOn 29 January, Saina Nehwal and her sister Chandranshu Nehwal announced that they had joined the BJP, apparently following in the lead of the inspiring work done by PM Narendra Modi. In a tweet on the day Saina made her announcement, Jwala wrote, “Pehli baar Suna hai.bewajah khelna shuru kiya aur ab bewajah party join kiya.????”. A couple of hours later that day, in a congratulatory tweet to Saina, Jwala also wrote, “@NSaina congratulations on joining the party.I hope and wish that u do something big for women and women sports in our country.YES it’s difficult but am sure u can bring a lot of CHANGE!! ?.” While many thought the second tweet was in response to the troll army’s incessant outpouring, many others are now wondering if Jwala’s initial tweet was meant for Saina in the first place. Cricket historian Abhishek Mukherjee, was one of the tweeples who pointed this out in his reply to Jwala’s tweet, saying, “The best thing about this tweet is that #JwalaGutta did not mention anyone and bhakts have suddenly found out someone to defend.” Funnily, though, Jwala’s congratulatory tweet also found trolls who claimed they could read between its lines.