Nadaan hai bachchi: Vijender on Babita

Babita Phogat’s controversial tweet condemning Tablighi Jamaat attendees for spreading Covid-19 doesn’t seems to have gone down well with a lot of people. After Jwala Gutta, boxing champion-politician Vijender Singh spoke against the BJP politician, saying that there was no religion in the world that gives one permission to show enmity towards another. Talking about it, Singh says, “Nadaan hai bachchi, sekh jaayegi. She is new to politics. The country is run by love, not by discrimination and hatred.” Concerned about the rising communal disharmony, Singh, who joined Indian National Congress in 2019, feels that “Hindu vs Muslim is as dangerous as coronavirus” and it can only be curbed by the Government and politicians if they want. owever, he says, “Some eople don’t want this. And o top it all, news channels reate an uproar with heir debates. That’s why ’ve stopped watching TV news.”

A bronze medallist at the 08 Beijing Olympics, ngh, 34, was eagerly looking orward to Tokyo Olympics 2020 but he says, “Jaan hai toh jahan hai. We’ve to be safe first. The Olympics will happen if not next year then later. But it’ll not have the same charm. There might be a dip in the crowd as people would prefer to watch it online or on TV,” he explains.

Singh feels that everything will take time six months to a year to come back to normal. “Unemployment and hunger will create more havoc than coronavirus and we all need to fight this together,” says Singh, who was supposed to be training in the UK now for his next bout which stands cancelled.

PHOTO: GOKUL V.S/HT Vijender Singh Babita Phogat

PHOTO: INSTAGRAM/ANUPAMPKHER A grab from Kher’s video series