The Congress could also be looking at one other high-profile exit forward of the Gujarat Assembly elections as disgruntled chief Hardik Patel has eliminated the occasion’s identify from his Twitter bio. The ‘hand’ image of the Grand Old Party has additionally been faraway from the Twitter bio.
This comes amid mounting hypothesis about his subsequent political transfer after he launched a scathing assault on the state occasion management and praised the ruling BJP.
The removing comes days after Hardik Patel expressed robust displeasure over the functioning of the Gujarat Congress and claimed he was being “sidelined” and “harassed” within the occasion.
A Gujarat Congress spokesperson asserted Hardik Patel was nonetheless with the opposition occasion. The newest transfer by the 28-year-old firebrand Patidar chief has sparked hypothesis that he might depart the Congress forward of the Assembly polls due by the year-end.
Hardik Patel described himself as a “Proud Indian patriot” in his new profile on Twitter uploaded on Monday. He has additionally described himself as a “social and political activist” on the favored micro-blogging platform.
However, his timeline of posts reveals within the morning he had re-tweeted one tweet of Congress chief Rahul Gandhi on how the Modi authorities has “ruined” the economic system. The Gujarat Congress, nevertheless, mentioned Hardik Patel has not left the occasion.
“He is still with the party, he has not left the party,” state Congress spokesperson Manish Doshi mentioned.
Hardik Patel has expressed his displeasure with the state Congress management on a number of events within the final over one month. The influential Patidar chief has claimed he was being “harassed” by some state leaders who have been conspiring in opposition to him and wished him to depart the occasion.
Countering this stand of Hardik Patel, Congress sources had mentioned he was sad with the occasion because it was attempting to deliver influential Patidar social chief Naresh Patel into its fold. Hardik Patel thinks his significance as a key Patidar group chief will diminish if Naresh Patel joins the Congress, they’d mentioned.
Hardik Patel got here into limelight after he led the Patidar quota stir in 2015. Last month, he had praised the ruling BJP for its “decision-making capacity”. However, regardless of his public promise of not coming into politics, he joined the Congress in 2019 and was appointed a working president of the state unit in July 2020.
Despite his presence within the Congress, the Patidars didn’t vote for the occasion in giant numbers within the native physique polls held after 2019, indicating his recognition was on the wane.
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