I’m being harassed, says Hardik Patel hitting out at local Congress leaders
The Hindu
All they do is conspiring to force me to quit the party, says face of 2015 Patidar agitation
Working president of the Gujarat Congress and face of the Patidar agitation in 2015 Hardik Patel feels “harassed and sidelined” by party leaders ahead of the crucial Assembly elections.
He accused the local leaders of ignoring him on the day a former legislator from Rajkot Indranil Rajyaguru resigned from the party and joined the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), which is trying to create its base in the State of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah.
On Thursday, Mr. Rajyaguru and his aide Vasram Sagathia, a former municipal councillor from Rajkot, joined the AAP a day after they met Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in Delhi.
Mr. Rajyaguru was MLA from Rajkot from 2012 to 2017 and had contested the last Assembly polls against then Chief Minister Vijay Rupani in 2017.
Mr. Patel accused the local leadership of scuttling his efforts to revive the party.
“All they do is conspiring to force me to quit the party,” he said without naming anyone.
He also slammed the party for its indecisive approach towards inducting powerful Patidar community leader Naresh Patel from Saurashtra.
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