EWS quota resolved many problems with Patels, neighborhood standing with BJP this time: Hardik Patel
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By PTI
AHMEDABAD: The Centre’s determination of 10 per cent EWS reservation with out disturbing the present quota resolved many problems with the Patels in Gujarat and the neighborhood will make sure the BJP’s huge victory within the upcoming meeting polls, occasion chief Hardik Patel mentioned.
The spearhead of the 2015 Patidar quota stir mentioned the agitation had instantly impacted almost 20 meeting segments within the 2017 Gujarat election.
He had supported the Congress through the 2017 polls.
The Centre in January 2019 carried out the ten per cent reservation for the economically weaker sections (EWS) from the final class by amending the Constitution.
It additionally issued directions for rising the full variety of seats in educational establishments to offer EWS reservations with out adversely affecting the proportionate seats of the Scheduled Castes (SC), Scheduled Tribes (ST) and Other Backward Classes (OBCs) classes.
Earlier this month, the Supreme Court in a 3:2 majority determination upheld the ten per cent reservation for economically weaker sections (EWS) in admissions and authorities jobs that excluded the poor among the many SCs, STs, and OBCs.
“Patidars are united and have decided to back Prime Minister Narendra Modi. In the 2017 elections, the issue was different. The 10 per cent EWS quota has extended reservation benefits for the poor and the deprived from other sections while including the Patels of Gujarat. This time, the Patels will ensure that BJP gets a massive majority,” Patel instructed PTI in an interview.
He hailed Prime Minister Modi’s management, and termed his determination on the EWS quota “historic”.
It will profit the poor from greater than 50 communities, he mentioned.
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“It (EWS reservation) will immensely benefit the BJP. Last time, the Patidar agitation impacted nearly 20 seats directly and had an indirect effect on many other seats. But now, not only Patels but many communities will get reservation benefits,” Patel mentioned.
About the influence of AAP’s foray into Gujarat meeting polls, Patel didn’t see the Arvind Kejriwal-led occasion posing many challenges to the BJP.
For him, the Congress is the closest rival although a distant second within the polls.
“The AAP is free to contest elections. But it has hurt the religious sentiments of the people of Gujarat with its leader’s remarks against Lord Vishnu and Mahesh. It is fighting the Congress for the same space but as of now it appears the Congress will be a distant second in the elections,” he mentioned.
On his leaving the Congress to affix the BJP, Patel mentioned his points have been resolved and he was at all times “BJP-minded and ideologically closer to Hindutva and nationalism”.
The 29-year-old Hardik Patel rose to prominence because the face of the Patidar agitation in Gujarat between 2015 and 2016.
He joined the Congress in 2020 and served as its Gujarat unit working president.
Earlier this 12 months, he crossed over to the BJP which fielded him from the Viramgam constituency in Ahmedabad.
Party leaders have been calling him a “fighter leader”.
When requested about chief ministers altering in Gujarat, Hardik mentioned BJP is the occasion of your entire Gujarati society and “it gives representation to every caste at the appropriate time”.
“The people of Gujarat have full faith in the BJP. They embrace all its decisions and look at Prime Minister Modi and Amit Shah while voting for the party,” he mentioned.
AHMEDABAD: The Centre’s determination of 10 per cent EWS reservation with out disturbing the present quota resolved many problems with the Patels in Gujarat and the neighborhood will make sure the BJP’s huge victory within the upcoming meeting polls, occasion chief Hardik Patel mentioned.
The spearhead of the 2015 Patidar quota stir mentioned the agitation had instantly impacted almost 20 meeting segments within the 2017 Gujarat election.
He had supported the Congress through the 2017 polls.
The Centre in January 2019 carried out the ten per cent reservation for the economically weaker sections (EWS) from the final class by amending the Constitution.
It additionally issued directions for rising the full variety of seats in educational establishments to offer EWS reservations with out adversely affecting the proportionate seats of the Scheduled Castes (SC), Scheduled Tribes (ST) and Other Backward Classes (OBCs) classes.
Earlier this month, the Supreme Court in a 3:2 majority determination upheld the ten per cent reservation for economically weaker sections (EWS) in admissions and authorities jobs that excluded the poor among the many SCs, STs, and OBCs.
“Patidars are united and have decided to back Prime Minister Narendra Modi. In the 2017 elections, the issue was different. The 10 per cent EWS quota has extended reservation benefits for the poor and the deprived from other sections while including the Patels of Gujarat. This time, the Patels will ensure that BJP gets a massive majority,” Patel instructed PTI in an interview.
He hailed Prime Minister Modi’s management, and termed his determination on the EWS quota “historic”.
It will profit the poor from greater than 50 communities, he mentioned.
ALSO READ | Tamil Nadu events flip down 10 per cent EWS quota modification
“It (EWS reservation) will immensely benefit the BJP. Last time, the Patidar agitation impacted nearly 20 seats directly and had an indirect effect on many other seats. But now, not only Patels but many communities will get reservation benefits,” Patel mentioned.
About the influence of AAP’s foray into Gujarat meeting polls, Patel didn’t see the Arvind Kejriwal-led occasion posing many challenges to the BJP.
For him, the Congress is the closest rival although a distant second within the polls.
“The AAP is free to contest elections. But it has hurt the religious sentiments of the people of Gujarat with its leader’s remarks against Lord Vishnu and Mahesh. It is fighting the Congress for the same space but as of now it appears the Congress will be a distant second in the elections,” he mentioned.
On his leaving the Congress to affix the BJP, Patel mentioned his points have been resolved and he was at all times “BJP-minded and ideologically closer to Hindutva and nationalism”.
The 29-year-old Hardik Patel rose to prominence because the face of the Patidar agitation in Gujarat between 2015 and 2016.
He joined the Congress in 2020 and served as its Gujarat unit working president.
Earlier this 12 months, he crossed over to the BJP which fielded him from the Viramgam constituency in Ahmedabad.
Party leaders have been calling him a “fighter leader”.
When requested about chief ministers altering in Gujarat, Hardik mentioned BJP is the occasion of your entire Gujarati society and “it gives representation to every caste at the appropriate time”.
“The people of Gujarat have full faith in the BJP. They embrace all its decisions and look at Prime Minister Modi and Amit Shah while voting for the party,” he mentioned.
