Request you to take back your statement: Jwala to Babita

NEW DELHI: Former India badminton player Jwala Gutta called for wrestler-turned politician Babita Phogat to take back her statement on the spread of coronavirus in India.
“Sorry babita I don’t think this virus sees race or religion..I request you to take back ur statement …we are sportspersons who represented our great nation which is secular and so beautiful…when we win all these people have celebrated us and our wins as their own!!” said the 2010 Commonwealth Games gold medallist.
Sorry babita I don’t think this virus sees race or religion..I request you to take back ur statement …we are sportspersons who represented our great nation which is secular and so beautiful…when we win all these people have celebrated us and our wins as their own!! 🙏🏻🙏🏻 — Gutta Jwala 💙 (@Guttajwala) April 17, 2020 Also Read I am no Zaira Wasim: Babita Phogat after anti-Muslim tweets Jwala also stuck around to answer a number of abusive trolls that came in reply to her tweet to Babita, which itself was made in reply to the former wrestler’s video defending her contentious tweet.
https://twitter.com/Guttajwala/status/1251198695611207682?s=20 Babita’s tweet in which she said that India’s biggest worry above coronavirus remains “ignorant jamaatis” had led to a significant backlash online with many calling for her handle to be suspended.
She later tweeted a video defending her tweet and stating that she is “against those who attack police and doctors” and are spreading the coronavirus pandemic.
Also Read I am no Zaira Wasim: Babita Phogat after anti-Muslim tweets A number of sportspersons, including Babita’s fellow wrestlers have expressed their support.