Mumbai: Gujarat Patidar leader Hardik Patel, who recently quit Congress, confirmed to ANI that he will join BJP on June 2.
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Patel had quit the Congress on May 18, writing a scathing letter to party chief Sonia Gandhi in which she launched an all-out attack on the party’s Gujarat unit and senior leadership.
In his resignation letter, Patel wrote that the Congress “played only a deterrent role” on some major issues in the country and “less than oppose everything”.
The influential Patidar leader said that despite his relentless efforts to take Congress in the right direction, the party is continuously working against the interests of the country and society.
After publicly criticizing the functioning of the Gujarat Congress in April, Patel suggested that his options were “open”. He had also praised the ruling BJP for its “brilliant decision-making” leadership. However, at that time he had denied any plans to leave the Congress.
In an interview with Divya Bhaskar newspaper, Patel praised the BJP on decisions like the abrogation of Article 370 in Jammu and Kashmir and the construction of the Ram temple in Ayodhya and said that he too was “a proud Hindu”.
He said the Congress played the role of a blocker on several issues including the Ram temple in Ayodhya, abrogation of Article 370 in Jammu and Kashmir and implementation of GST. He had recently praised the BJP for its stand on these issues.
Hardik Patel had gained prominence in 2015 after he led the agitation seeking reservation for the Patidar community in the state. He was made the Gujarat Congress working president in July 2020.
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