Ahead of the Gujarat Assembly elections due later this year, Patidar leader Hardik Patel has confirmed that he will join the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), news agency ANI reported. Patel has recently left the Congress party. He will join the BJP on June 2.
After leaving the Congress, Patel criticized the party leadership for derogatory remarks against “Hindus and Lord Ram”.
The Patidar leader, who joined Congress in 2019, was promoted as one of the working presidents of Gujarat Congress in 2020.
on May 19, Patel resigned from the party And said Gujarat Congress leaders were least bothered to address the real issues of Gujarat, but were more focused on ensuring that leaders coming to Gujarat from Delhi were served “chicken sandwiches” on time. meet.
According to Patel, his main argument was that despite being the working president of the state unit, he was never given any meaningful work. He was appointed to this position in July 2020.
“It is a fact that the Congress had benefited a lot in the 2017 assembly elections due to the Patidar reservation movement (under his leadership). However, even after I was made the working president, I was not given any responsibility. I also attended key meetings. Wasn’t invited. to the party. It never arranged my press conference during the last three years.”
In the 2017 elections, the BJP was able to retain power, but its seat tally dropped from 115 to 99 in 2012, while the Congress won 77 seats, an improvement of 16 seats in the 182-member House.