‘Liberals’ and Islamists attack cricketer Ravindrasinh Jadeja, mock Rajput community after he shares a video of his swordsmanship

Cricketer Ravindrasinh Jadeja on Sunday took to Twitter to show his swordsmanship skills.

https://twitter.com/imjadeja/status/1249342023062245376?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

However, soon after he shared his video, he was attacked by ‘liberals’ and Islamists who not only mocked his swordsmanship but also abused the Rajput community.

https://twitter.com/ashoswai/status/1249580947550482434?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

Islamists like JNUSU officebearer too joined in in hating on the Rajput community.

https://twitter.com/AfreenFatima136/status/1249403609139331073?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw Columnist with Shekhar Gupta’s ThePrint, too, joined in in mocking the Rajput community. https://twitter.com/Profdilipmandal/status/1249360925376819200?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw Self-proclaimed ‘liberals’ too shared memes to imply that the Rajput have never won any major war in history. https://twitter.com/ColdCigar/status/1249364042193436673?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw Similar shaming tweets were shared by many. https://twitter.com/elia_official/status/1249582339572850688?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw However, amidst all the hate, there was also good-natured humour as other cricketers also cheered Jadeja. https://twitter.com/davidwarner31/status/1249516131192201216?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw https://twitter.com/JUnadkat/status/1249371114834235392?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw Cricketer David Warner and Jaydev Unadkat cheered him on.

Interestingly, those accusing Jadeja of ‘flaunting’ his upper caste privilege, seem to be unaware that Jadeja comes from a humble background. A February 2016 article by Sidharth Monga states that Jadeja’s father, Anirudhsinh Jadeja was a security guard without any fixed income. His mother was a nurse in government hospital and the family of five, Jadeja’s parents and his two sisters, lived in a one-room employee flat that was allotted to his mother. He lost his mother when he was 15-16 years old after a freak accident in kitchen.