Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi on Monday met Patidar spearhead Hardik Patel ahead of inducting young Gujarat OBC leader Alpesh Thakore…
Congress president Rahul Gandhi (Photo: IANS/File)
Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi on Monday met Patidar spearhead Hardik Patel ahead of inducting young Gujarat OBC leader Alpesh Thakore into the party, reports said.
As per reports, the Gandhi scion met Hardik Patel in a 5 star hotel and the Patidar leader is likely to join the Congress soon.
After the meeting, Rahul Gandhi will be participating in a rally in Gandhinagar organised by Thakore, who is joining the party in his presence.
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Thakore had on Saturday night announced he was joining the Congress, hours after Congress leader Bharatsinh Solanki urged Hardik Patel and Dalit leader Jignesh Mewani to also join the party.
Patel has asserted that he was determined to work for the defeat of the BJP in the upcoming assembly elections in Gujarat.
While, Thakore has said that Hardik Patel would join the party as well, the Patidar leader said that there was no talk of joining the Congress.
Election to pick a new 182-member Gujarat assembly is due before January 22, 2018 when its term ends. The Election Commission has not announced the poll dates as of now even citing it would bring in the imposition of the model code of conduct that would disrupt relief operation for flood-hit victims.
The opposition parties have alleged that the poll panel has given time to the ruling BJP to announce sops for the people of Gujarat.
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