Hardik Patel's move to leave Congress ahead of the Gujarat Assembly polls is not likely to affect the party's prospects as he has lost credibility, a senior Congress leader claimed
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Gujarat Patidar quota agitation spearhead Hardik Patel on Wednesday said he has resigned as the Gujarat Congress working president as well as from the party's primary membership.
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Gujarat Congress working president Hardik Patel on Monday removed his designation and party poll symbol of 'hand' from his Twitter profile amid mounting speculation about his next political move
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Assembly elections in Gujarat are due in December this year
Days after Gujarat Congress' working president Hardik Patel expressed displeasure with the party leadership, the Aam Aadmi Party's (AAP) state unit on Friday invited him to join it. Hardik Patel has come up as a leader on his own. He has expressed displeasure with the Congress leadership. We require leaders like Hardik in AAP Gujarat, the AAP's state unit leader Gopal Italia told reporters. Hardik should not waste his time putting his case before the Congress leadership as it would not yield any results, he added. Earlier this week, Hardik Patel, who first rose on Gujarat's political scene as leader of the Patidar quota agitation, had said he had been sidelined and harassed in the Congress, and local leaders wanted him to leave the party. Despite his representation to Congress leader Rahul Gandhi several times, no action was taken, he had said, while also adding that he was not planning to leave the party yet.
"There is a rumour that I am leaving Congress, I do not know who is spreading so," Patel said while attending an event in Surat on Thursday.
Hardik achieved this feat during the clash against Sunrisers Hyderabad here at the Dr DY Patil Sports Academy in Navi Mumbai on Monday.
Patel said that demands related to the 2015 agitation put forth by the Patidar Anamat Andolan Samiti (PAAS) have still not been fulfilled
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At 26, Hardik is possibly the youngest ever president of any state unit of the Congress
Hardik Patel was the leader of an agitation demanding reservation for Gujarat Patidar community.
Patel, who is facing sedition cases related to the 2015 Patidar quota agitation, was arrested on January 18 this year after a court issued a non-bailable warrant