Patidar leader and former Congressman Hardik Patel has been given ticket from the Viramgam seat that the BJP lost in the last two assembly polls. Hardik Patel was born on 20 July 1993 and he worked in Gujarat as a social activist. He rose to prominence in July 2015, where he led the Patidar reservation agitation that sought Other Backward Class (OBC) status for the Patidar caste. He joined the Congress party in 2020. Patel served as the Working President of the Gujarat Pradesh Congress Committee, the state unit of INC in Gujarat. He left INC in May 2022. Flipping from being a strident critic, he eventually joined the Bharatiya Janata party in June 2022.
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The Congress on Monday night released a second list of 13 candidates for the first phase of Gujarat elections scheduled on December 9.
Hardik Patel's supporters targeted the Congress saying PAAS had not been given a proper representation in the seat-sharing formula.
Bharatsinh Solanki also confirmed that the Congress and PAAS have reached an agreement over the matter. When he was quizzed about the formula, the Congress leader refused to divulge anything.
The PAAS leaders had flown to New Delhi on Friday to hold talks with Congress leaders regarding their demand of granting reservation status to the Patidar community.
Patidar Anamat Andolan Samiti (PAAS) leaders have given the Congress a 24-hour deadline to declare their stand on the reservation status for the community.
Gujarat will go to polls in two phases on December 9 and 14. Counting of votes will take place on December 18.
A day after Hardik’s purported sex video surfaced and went viral on social media, a new clip shows a man with a shaven head, resembling Hardik, having a drink while sitting on the bed.
After studying various documents related to reservation given by the Congress earlier, Hardik claimed that it was a misconception that reservation cannot go beyond 50 per cent.
According to sources, Kapil Sibal has told the Patel community leaders that he has worked upon a concrete formula to provide them reservation.
Gujarat will got to polls in two phases on December 9 and 14. Counting will take place on December 18.
Congress has given three options to the Hardik Patel-led PAAS at a midnight meeting here with respect to latter's quota demand for its community.
Speculations are rife whether Patidar leader Hardik Patel will join hands with the Congress to take on Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the upcoming Gujarat Assembly elections 2017.
Earlier, Hardik had given a new deadline to the Congress, asking it to make its stand clear by Novemeber 7 on how it would ensure reservation for the community.
Congress might take a final call on Monday on the issue of promising reservation for Patidars under the OBC category.
The development comes close on the heels of Patidar quota agitation leader Hardik Patel’s claim that Sonia Gandhi will take a final call on the demands including reservation to the community.
Gujarat will go to polls in two phases on December 9 and December 14. Results of the 182 Assembly seats will be declared on December 18.
In an exclusive interview with India TV, Hardik Patel said that on November 6, he will announce his decision whether to join the Congress or not.
PM Modi will today visit poll-bound Gujarat to attend the silver jubilee function of the Akshardham temple in Gandhinagar.
Members of the Patidar Anamat Andolan Samiti met Gujarat Congress leaders today but no agreement could be reached on the assurance about quotas for the Patels
Hardik Patel on Monday gave a new deadline to the Congress, asking it to make its stand clear by Novemeber 7 on how it would ensure reservation for the community.
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