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Gujarat Assembly Election 2017: Two former aides of Hardik Patel join BJP ahead of Patidar 'mega rally'

Indo Asian News Service • November 23, 2017, 14:37:02 IST
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Amrish and Ketan Patel, former aides of PAAS leader Hardik Patel, who had played significant roles in the Patel agitations, have joined the saffron party

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Gujarat Assembly Election 2017: Two former aides of Hardik Patel join BJP ahead of Patidar 'mega rally'

Gandhinagar: Hours ahead of a mega rally by the Patidar Anamat Andolan Samiti (PAAS) at Mansa, the Patidar group suffered a blow with two of its former members and group convenors joining the ruling BJP on Saturday. [caption id=“attachment_4203067” align=“alignleft” width=“380”] ![File image of Patidar leader Hardik Patel. AFP](https://images.firstpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/HARDIK_PATEL_AFP.jpg) File image of Patidar leader Hardik Patel. AFP[/caption] Amrish and Ketan Patel, former aides of PAAS leader Hardik Patel, who had played significant roles in the Patel agitations, have joined the saffron party. Amrish Patel, who had played an important role in the Patel agitation in PAAS during the quota stir in 2015, had also been charged along with Hardik for sedition. He joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) along with his supporters at the BJP party headquarters at ‘Shree Kamalam’. A fact that had raised eyebrows then was that despite being charged with sedition, Amrish had not been arrested. Ketan Patel joined the saffron party on Saturday morning. He too had played a significant role in the Patel agitation during its initial phase. But he had later turned a state witness against the agitation for the government. On Friday, a former aide of Hardik, Chirag Patel, a PAAS convener, too joined the saffron party. Late last month, Hardik’s friend and PAAS convener Varun Patel moved to the BJP camp, while Reshma Patel, the female face of the PAAS group, joined the BJP in the presence of BJP national president Amit Shah. The agitation for reservation in the state has proved to be a boon for the Patel agitators with political aspirations.

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