Divya Kakran Tweets Certificate To Prove She Played For Delhi

Wrestler Divya Kakran in response to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal claimed to receive no help from Delhi Govt despite playing for Delhi for years

Commonwealth Games 2022 bronze medalist Divya Kakran a few days ago tweeted about how she was not provided any help or financial assistance from Delhi Govt despite representing Delhi for years.

The tweet came in response to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s congratulatory tweet to her on winning the bronze medal in wrestling in CWG ’22 in Birmingham. Her tweet soon caused a stir on social media.

In response to her tweet, AAP MLA Saurabh Bharadwaj claimed she never played for Delhi but Uttar Pradesh. Taking a jibe at the UP Chief Minister Yogi, he wrote, ‘you may not have any hopes from Yogi Adityanath, but Delhi CM may hear you.’

Saurabh Bharadwaj further in the thread tweeted some screenshots of news articles claiming she plays for Uttar Pradesh. In response to his tweets Divya posted a photo of a certificate of Wrestling Federation of India which states clearly that she represented Delhi.

She also wrote in her caption that she has played for Delhi from 2011-2017. In that same tweet she asked Saurabh, if she should post photos of her certificates she received by winning 17 gold medals for Delhi.

BJP vs AAP

After this exchange of tweets between Divya and Saurabh, BJP leader Shehzad Poonawalla slammed the Aam Aadmi Party for questioning Divya Kakran. He said that AAP has not only insulted Divya but the Tiranga (tri-color) as she plays for India under one Tiranga.

Shehzad adds, ‘if there is one party that enjoys insulting those who raise the honor of our tricolor-be it jawans or athletes-it is AAP, they even asked for proof of surgical strike. Shehzad questioned why Arvind Kejriwal has not come out in support of Divya.

Delhi govt released a statement and said that they would look into the matter and see if she was not provided with any financial assistance even after applying for government sports schemes. Delhi govt in their statement said that they respect every sportsperson in the country.

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