We’re Fighting Against Thieves: Hardik Patel at United India Rally

The Gujarat Patidar leader thanked Mamata Banerjee for bringing all the major Opposition leaders on one platform.

Hardik Patel, leader of the Patidar movement.

(Photo: Liju Joseph/The Quint)

“We are fighting against thieves, ” said Gujarat Patidar leader Hardik Patel on Saturday, 19 January, while addressing the Trinamool Congress rally of Opposition parties at Kolkata’s Brigade Parade.

“While Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose had given a call to fight against the ‘goro’ (Britishers). We are fighting against ‘choro’ (thieves).”

Hardik Patel

Patel also thanked West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for bringing all major Opposition leaders on one platform. He acknowledged the rally as an indication that the BJP is on its way out of power.

Mamata Banerjee hosted a mega Opposition rally organised by the Trinamool Congress which, she said, would sound the “death knell” for the BJP in the Lok Sabha polls and regional parties would be the deciding factor.

(With inputs from PTI)