Gujarat Congress leader Hardik Patel has refused rumours he plans to leave the party just months before the assembly election. “There is a rumour that I am leaving Congress, I do not know who is spreading so,” Patel, who joined the Congress in March 2019, said at an event in Surat on Thursday. “I have given my 100 per cent to Congress till now, and will give the same in the coming days. There will be small fights and blame games within the party, but we have to work together to make Gujarat a better place,” he was quoted by ANI.
However, Patel also struck a warning note, saying: “If speaking truth is a crime, consider me guilty. The people of Gujarat have expectations from us, we have to stand up to them.”
The apparent about-turn comes after two days of slamming Congress leaders in the state for harassing and ignoring him in the run-up to the election.Patel, who spearheaded the Patidar community’s campaign for OBC reservation, pointed out the Congress benefitted to win some seats in local polls in 2015 and the 2017 assembly election but then failed to recognise his worth.
