Gujarat Election 8473: Young Patidar community leader and BJP candidate Hardik Patel said That his former party Congress has no vision for Gujarat. He said that Rahul Gandhi is busy in ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’ of Congress. Hardik Patel said that Congress never stops anyone from leaving. Also said that the party does not need Gujaratis.
told why he joined BJP
Contesting his first election, Hardik Patel has recently joined the ruling BJP after quitting the party as working president of the Gujarat Congress. In an exclusive interview with NDTV, he denied that the fear of going to jail in pending cases, including some from the time of the Patidar quota agitation, had led him to change sides. year old Patidar leader said, still on me 24 matters. If you think that joining any party will give me relief from this, it is not so. Law and courts are independent. Hardik Patel said that I had to take a decision because the Congress was continuously speaking against Gujaratis. I told him not to speak against businessmen. If you do not take a stand on issues concerning the people of Gujarat, how will they like you?
Congress doesn’t need hardworking people like us
When he was leaving the Congress earlier this year, he had said that no one tried to stop him. Congress does not need hardworking people like us. It only needs sycophants. He denied that changing the party meant changing his ideology. What is ideology? Nothing but the spirit of public service. I have had the same ideology since the beginning. Building a family connection with the BJP, he said, my father helped establish the Bharatiya Janata Party in the Viramgram area.
Anger among people about Congress
Why does he think he will win the seat at Viramgram where 07 A Congress MLA for years, Hardik Patel said that he is a part of the local anti-incumbency wave and people’s PM Narendra Modi and Counting on the growing faith in BJP. He said, there is anger among the people about the Congress. On community arithmetic, he said that the Patel-Patidar community has always been the BJP’s vote bank. He claimed, even when there was agitation in the election of Percentage Patidars Voted for BJP because they can’t trust Congress.
BJP government will be formed in Gujarat
Hardik Patel rejected the idea that AAP could make it a triangular contest this time. He said, out of BJP 150 winning more than 100 seats. We don’t care whether AAP and Congress fight with each other or not. He acknowledged that price rise and unemployment could be issues, but attributed it to the national and global economic scenario. He said that BJP has tried hard. Gujarat is at the forefront in generating employment. When asked about the Morbi bridge collapse, he said that if anyone is found to be due to negligence or corruption, then he should be punished.
Rahul GandhiHardik PatelGujarat Election 2017Published Date
Sat, Nov 26, 2022, 1: 02 PM IST