Hardik Patel joins BJP, says will be a soldier under Modi's leadership
Hardik catapulted to the political centre stage in 2015 when he spearheaded the Patidar reservation agitation in Gujarat, building the campaign in the run up the 2017 state Assembly elections. Initially, Patel demanded the OBC status for the Patid...
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'Will work for nation's service under PM Modi's leadership', says Hardik Patel ahead of joining BJP today
Patidar leader Hardik Patel joined the BJP on Thursday, days after quitting the Congress.
He was welcomed in the party by BJP Gujarat unit president C R Patil and former deputy chief minister Nitin Patel. "Today, I am going to start a new chapter keeping in mind the interests of the nation, region, society and community. I will work as a small soldier in the development work of the nation being carried out under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi," Hardik tweeted earlier on Thursday.
Hardik (28) who led the Patidar quota agitation in 2015, joined the Congress in 2019.
He resigned from that party on May 18, after claiming in a letter to Congress chief Sonia Gandhi that the party "only played to the role of a roadblock" over certain key issues in the country and was "merely reduced to opposing everything".
He was welcomed in the party by BJP Gujarat unit president C R Patil and former deputy chief minister Nitin Patel. "Today, I am going to start a new chapter keeping in mind the interests of the nation, region, society and community. I will work as a small soldier in the development work of the nation being carried out under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi," Hardik tweeted earlier on Thursday.
Hardik Patel who recently quit Congress joins BJP in Gandhinagar, Gujarat https://t.co/JT6UtIPPJg
— ANI (@ANI) 1654153793000Hardik (28) who led the Patidar quota agitation in 2015, joined the Congress in 2019.
He resigned from that party on May 18, after claiming in a letter to Congress chief Sonia Gandhi that the party "only played to the role of a roadblock" over certain key issues in the country and was "merely reduced to opposing everything".
राष्ट्रहित, प्रदेशहित, जनहित एवं समाज हित की भावनाओं के साथ आज से नए अध्याय का प्रारंभ करने जा रहा हूँ। भारत के यश… https://t.co/PXWKKi1C7G
— Hardik Patel (@HardikPatel_) 1654137401000Download
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