Rivaba Jadeja, wife of cricketer Ravindra Jadeja on Saturday joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in presence of Gujarat Agriculture Minister R C Faldu and MP Poonam Madam at Jamnagar in Gujarat. Her decision to join the ruling BJP comes just months before the upcoming 2019 Lok Sabha elections. 

Jamnagar: Rivaba Jadeja, wife of cricketer Ravindra Jadeja joined BJP in presence of Gujarat Agriculture Minister R C Faldu and MP Poonam Madam earlier today. #Gujarat pic.twitter.com/d6GV1DM2Dv

— ANI (@ANI) March 3, 2019

In October, Rivaba had joined the pro-Rajput group Karni Sena as the President of Women's wing. 

"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," she had said.

However, at that time, Rivaba had mentioned that she was not sure of joining politics. It seems that she had made her mind now.