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Indian Cricketers react on Narendra Modi’s landslide victory in 2019 Lok Sabha Elections

Gurpreet Singh
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Indian Cricketers react on Narendra Modi's landslide victory in 2019 Lok Sabha Elections

Indian Cricketers react on Narendra Modi’s victory: Indian cricketers react on Twitter after Modi led- BJP win the 2019 Lok Sabha Elections

If one will have to pick only two of the many highlights at the year 2019, it would possibly be the ICC 2019 Cricket Word Cup and the Lok Sabha Elections- whose results have finally surfaced.

And as was on expected lines, it is Narendra Modi-led Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP) who have garnered the maximum love of the people of India, gifting him another 5-year tenure.

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At the time of writing, the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) was ahead in 343 of the 542 seats, while the BJP lead had crossed 300. For a clear majority, 272 was the mark. It was the first time in more than three decades that a single party won majority on its own.

While for the BJP supporters, there’s no ground beneath them, the Indian cricketers too joined the party and congratulated the Honorable Prime Minister, on his and his party’s 2nd successive win in the Lok Sabha Elections via their respective Twitter handles.

How did the Cricketers react?

Several Cricketers like former India opener, Virender Sehwag, off-spinner Harbhajan Singh, Mohammad Kaif poured in their heartiest wishes for the PM for his yet another innings as the supreme leader of the country. Even other cricketers like Shikhar Dhawan, Ravindra Jadeja, Suresh Raina, and even the cricketer turned commentator, Aakash Chopra also tweeted their congratulatory messages for the BJP.

Dhawan and Harbhajan even congratulated the 2011 World Cup winner cum India’s opening batsman- Gautam Gambhir, who too was contesting the elections from East Delhi for the Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP). At the time of writing, he was way ahead of  Atishi Marlena- his competitor from East Delhi for the Indian National Congress (INC). His victory is conformed too.

Here’s how the Indian Cricketers reacted?

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Gurpreet Singh

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Gurpreet Singh is a Cricket writer at The Sportsrush. His platonic relationship with sports had always been there since childhood, but Cricket managed to strike a special, intimate nerve of his heart. Although his initial dream of playing the sport at the highest level couldn't come to fruition, Gurpreet did represent the state of Jharkhand at the under-14 level. However, almost like taking a pledge to never let the undying passion for Cricket fade away even a tad, he made sure to continue the love relationship by assigning the field of journalism as an indirect Cupid. He thus, first finished his bachelor's in journalism and then pursued the PG Diploma course in English journalism from the Indian Institute of Mass Communication (IIMC). Soon after and since 2019, he has been working at The Sportsrush. Apart from sports, he takes keen interest in politics, and in understanding women and gender-related issues.

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