'Welcome Hardik Patel' Posters Go Up At BJP's Gujarat Office
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Hardik Patel Joins BJP: Heaping praise on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Hardik Patel said he will work as a "small soldier" to serve the nation under the leadership of the Prime Minister.
Posters welcoming Hardik Patel to the Bharatiya Janata Party were put outside the party office in Gandhinagar ahead of the former Congress leader's induction into the BJP.
Hardik Patel, who last month quit Congress after "feeling ignored" by the party high command, is all set to join the BJP today. Before joining the party, he performed 'pooja' at his residence in Ahmedabad.
Earlier today, heaping praise on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Mr Patel said he will work as a "small soldier" to serve the nation under the leadership of the Prime Minister.
"With the feelings of national interest, state interest, public interest and social interest, I am going to start a new chapter from today. I will work as a small soldier in the noble work of service to the nation under the leadership of the successful Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi," Hardik Patel tweeted.