A day after hinting at contesting the upcoming Gujarat Assembly elections, Congress chief Hardik Patel on Wednesday claimed that he was sidelined and lashed out at his get together’s state unit over its “style of functioning”.
“My position in the party is that of a newly married groom who has been made to undergo nasbandi (vasectomy),” Patel mentioned. He additionally questioned the Congress “delay” on taking a name on Khodaldham belief president and highly effective Patidar chief Naresh Patel, who’s being wooed by all events within the state, suggesting that it was an insult to the whole neighborhood.
Hardik, who’s the state Congress working president, expressed his grouse a day after he hinted at contesting elections after the Supreme Court stayed his conviction in a 2015 rioting and arson case. Hardik had spearheaded the Patidar neighborhood marketing campaign in Gujarat in 2015 searching for reservations below the OBC class.
Speaking to reporters on Wednesday, Hardik questioned the Congress management over the “delay” in inducting common Patidar chief Naresh Patel into the get together fold. “The kind of talks which are doing rounds regarding the induction of Naresh Patel in Congress is insulting for the entire community. It’s been over two months now. Why has no decision been taken yet? Congress high command or local leadership should take a quick decision about Naresh Patel’s induction,” he mentioned.
Hardik claimed that the Patidar quota agitation helped Congress win a major variety of seats within the elections to native our bodies in 2015 and the 2017 Assembly polls when the opposition get together had gained 77 constituents within the 182-member House.
“But what happened after that? Many in Congress also feel that Hardik was not properly utilised by the party after 2017. It may be because some people in the party would think that I would come in their way after 5 or 10 years if I am given significance today,” claimed Patel, who grew to become working president of Gujarat in 2020.
Assembly elections in Gujarat are due in December this 12 months. “Congress benefited because of us (Patel community) in the 2017 polls. Now, as I am seeing on television the party wants to induct Naresh Patel for the 2022 polls. I hope they do not search for a new Patel for the 2027 elections. Why does the party not utilise the people they already have?” requested Hardik.
He requested the get together management to not “insult” him. When requested about Hardik’s feedback about Naresh Patel, Gujarat Congress president Jagdish Thakor mentioned the get together is able to welcome him.
“The Congress is ready to welcome Naresh Patel. The ball is now in Naresh Patel’s court. We held discussions with him in the past too and urged him to join the party. But, ultimately, the final decision will be taken by him only,” he instructed reporters. Thakor additionally mentioned a gathering can be held with Hardik to grasp his grouse.
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