Noted Cricketer’s Wife Commits Herself To Community Service; Made Head Of Gujarat Wing Of Women’s Karni Sena 

Karni Sena, a Kshyatriya-Rajput community group of Rajasthan and Gujarat, has appointed cricketer Ravindra Jadeja’s wife Reevaba Jadeja as the head of it women’s wing in Gujarat on Friday.

Speaking at a conference, she said, “My first goal would be to empower women to the level that they can fend for themselves, take care of themselves and defend themselves when men are not around and fight off any threats from perverted minds. This is my prime goal as I have personally been through such an experience”, alluding to the incident where she was allegedly slapped by a police constable after her car hit his bike in Jamnagar in May this year.

Reevaba said it was a matter of pride and that she would work to strengthen the Karni Sena and extend its reach up to the taluka level by helping all exploited people.

She said that she discussed the matter with her husband and that she has his “full support”. On whether she would enter electoral politics, she said her current focus was on social service and was uncertain about the future.

Reevaba is a mechanical engineer by training. She and Ravindra Jadeja tied the knot in 2016 and have a daughter.