Third BRS MLA to join the Congress
A day after BRS chief K Chandrasekhar Rao claimed that 20 Congress MLAs were ready to quit the party and join him, his party MLA Prakash Goud from Rajendranagar met Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy.
Jignesh Mevani, the young Gujarat politician and Convener of the Rashtriya Dalit Adhikar Manch, has been quite vocal about his support to Hardik Patel, especially after latter’s ‘sex video’ went viral on the internet. Mevani had even tweeted, ”Dear Hardik Patel, don’t worry. I’m with you. And the right to sex is a fundamental right. No one has right to breach your privacy.”
Hardik Patel had alleged that it was the BJP who was trying to malign his image and had floated the video. He mentioned that BJP might release many more such “morphed videos” in order to defame him. Along with this, he also announced that he shall support anyone and everyone who was against BJP to ensure party’s defeat in the state where the party had been ruling for 22 years.
Mevani, in support of his friend Hardik, stated that the ruling party had intentionally circulated the video to turn Hardik’s supporters against him and take electoral advantage in the upcoming Assembly polls. Mevani’s agenda, like his friend Hardik, is to not let BJP to come to power again. They both have a common cause for which they seem to have united.
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Taking a jibe at Gujarat’s Chief Minister Vijay Rupani, he said the situation of the Dalits had deteriorated as Dalits were being deprived of the land that was promised to them. H said there was lack of medical facilities for Dalits and there seemed no concrete planning on creating job opportunities for the community.
However, Mevani did not mention that he was supporting the Congress in his recent conversation, and took a diplomatic stand by saying that they would like to hear from political parties about the steps they wish to take towards the upliftment of the Dalits. Besides welfare for the Dalits, Mevani also stated that he would question the Modi government regarding the reservation status of Patels in jobs.
Mevani, who seemed to be in support of Congress earlier has a different stand now. Let’s see which way the wind blows!
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