NE NEWS SERVICE
AHMEDABAD, MAY 18
Gujarat Congress leader Hardik Patel, who did not attend the three-day brainstorming session of the Congress top brass in Udaipur, on May 15, resigned from his primary membership of the party.
The 28-year old leader has been sulking with the Congress party leadership while publicly hitting out at the State leaders for not allowing him and other youth leaders to work in the party set up.
आज मैं हिम्मत करके कांग्रेस पार्टी के पद और पार्टी की प्राथमिक सदस्यता से इस्तीफा देता हूँ। मुझे विश्वास है कि मेरे इस निर्णय का स्वागत मेरा हर साथी और गुजरात की जनता करेगी। मैं मानता हूं कि मेरे इस कदम के बाद मैं भविष्य में गुजरात के लिए सच में सकारात्मक रूप से कार्य कर पाऊँगा। pic.twitter.com/MG32gjrMiY
— Hardik Patel ( Modi Ka Parivar ) (@HardikPatel_) May 18, 2022
“I am gathering the courage to resign from the Congress party and post. I am sure my decision will be welcomed by my colleagues and the people of Gujarat. I believe that with this step, I will be able to work really positively for Gujarat in future,” Hardik Patel wrote in a Twitter post sharing his resignation letter to Congress president Sonia Gandhi.
It’s BJP Words In @HardikPatel_’s Resignation Letter: @shaktisinhgohil, reports @Anand_Journ https://t.co/QMDkBPaM56@INCGujarat
— The New Indian (@TheNewIndian_in) May 18, 2022
“You would be well aware of how leaders of Gujarat Congress have weakened the party, diluted many issues of public importance – all for humongous personal financial gains. Political thoughts can be different but this kind of a sell out by our leaders for so many years is a betrayal of the people of Gujarat. I feel sad and disgusted at the same time as almost everyone in Gujarat is aware of this”, he added.
The Patidar activist joined the Congress in 2019, just before the Lok Sabha election.
हार्दिक पटेल के रेज़िग्नेशन में जो लफ़्ज़ हैं वो साफ़-साफ़ भाजपा के हैं, और इसमें कोई दम या सच्चाई नहीं – श्री @shaktisinhgohil pic.twitter.com/HSERgzusfR
— INC TV (@INC_Television) May 18, 2022
Script written by BJP, says Shaktisinh Gohil
After Gujarat leader Hardik Patel quit the Congress party on Wednesday writing a scathing letter to party chief Sonia Gandhi, the grand old party MP Shaktisinh Gohil claimed Patel’s allegations are scripted by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). “These are not allegations of someone who has quit Congress. These are all written down by the BJP. They just speak it out loud. Had the BJP not decided it, everyone`s words would not have been the same,” Gohil said.
The former Gujarat minister asked why the Patidar quota agitation leader did not raise his issues with the top brass before.
“If you talk about party`s leadership, you were sharing a stage with Rahul Gandhi a few days back. Who stopped you from meeting him? We have internal democracy. There is a thin line between internal democracy and indiscipline. The BJP does not have internal democracy,” the Congress MP said.
