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A day before officially joining the Congress, Hardik Patel spoke with The Quint and criticised the BJP for poaching Congress MLAs in Gujarat.
“If the Congress is weak, then why is the BJP poaching our MLAs and making them ministers. If they were truly strong why would they lure Congress MLAs. Shouldn’t they ideally make their own MLAs ministers,” said Hardik.
Hardik, who has been in the political spotlight in Gujarat since August 2015 made it quite clear why he is joining the Congress in the run up to the 2019 Lok Sabha Elections.
On Tuesday, the Congress Working Committee meeting will be convened in Ahmedabad and a Jan Sankalp Rally will be held in the outskirts of the city, where Hardik will join Rahul and Priyanka Gandhi on stage.
According to a PAAS insider, around 35,000 Patidar supporters are expected at the rally on Tuesday. He said, “They have already made sitting arrangements for 1.15 lakh people and our supporters will come in their hordes.”
When asked what the agenda for the upcoming polls will be, Hardik made it clear that it won’t be about the reservation issue.
He further added, “There are so many issues to work on, such as education and health. The future generation should say that we are living in country where there is no shortage of anything.”
Hardik was quick to respond when asked about the application filed in the Gujarat High Court against the sedition case filed against him.
Hardik told The Quint that he has already spoken to the party and that he would most likely contest the polls from Jamnagar.
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