Gujarat: Hardik Patel joins BJP

Gandhinagar: Gujarat Patidar leader Hardik Patel, who recently quit Congress, has joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Gandhinagar on Thursday. 

His induction into the BJP is significant as Assembly elections are due this year.

Patel resigned from the Congress on 19 May this year. He accused Gujarat Congress leaders for their negligence in addressing real issues of the state. Rather they were more focussed on ensuring that the leaders who come from Delhi to Gujarat get "chicken sandwich" on time, he added. 

Ahead of the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, Patel joined Congress in the presence of Rahul Gandhi. In 2020, he was appointed the working president of the Gujarat Pradesh Congress Committee.

However, he accused Congress leadership of sidelining him while making important decisions and eventually quit the party. 

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