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  • Gujarat courtroom points arrest warrant towards Hardik Patel for failure to seem earlier than it in 2017 case

    By PTI

    SURENDRANAGAR: A courtroom in Gujarat’s Surendranagar district has issued an arrest warrant towards Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA Hardik Patel for failing to seem earlier than it in a 2017 case through which he’s accused of violating a authorities order.

    Patel had made a political speech in violation of a authorities order at a village within the district forward of the 2017 Gujarat Assembly elections.

    Additional chief judicial Justice of the Peace D D Shah at Dhrangadhra issued the arrest warrant towards Patel for failure to seem the courtroom.

    Through its order dated February 2, the courtroom directed the Dhrangadhra taluka police station officer in Surendranagar district to arrest Patel and produce him earlier than the courtroom with out fail.

    The order was acquired by the police station on February 11, an official confirmed.

    A primary data report (FIR) was registered at Dhrangadhra taluka police station on January 12, 2018 after Patel and a co-accused Kaushik Patel have been discovered to have violated the situation of the permission granted to them to organise a gathering at Haripar village within the district.

    As per the FIR, the duo had sought permission to organise a gathering on the village on November 26, 2017, forward of the Assembly elections.

    While they have been granted the permission, they allegedly violated the notification issued by the extra district Justice of the Peace in a speech delivered through the assembly.

    They have been booked underneath sections 37 (3) and 135 of the Gujarat (Bombay) Police Act, 1951, coping with punishment for disobeying authorities orders.

    Notably, a courtroom at Jamnagar had final week acquitted Patel in an identical case for making a political speech in violation of a authorities order at a rally at Dhutarpar village in November 2017.

    At that point, Patel headed the Patidar Anamat Andolan Samiti (PAAS), a Patidar group organisation that organised state-wide agitation demanding reservation underneath OBC quota for the youths.

    The agitation had turned violent.

    Patel had joined the Congress in 2019, which he give up forward of the December 2022 Gujarat polls and was subsequently elected as an MLA on a BJP ticket from Viramgam constituency of Ahmedabad.

    He faces greater than two dozen instances, together with two sedition instances, in Gujarat.

    SURENDRANAGAR: A courtroom in Gujarat’s Surendranagar district has issued an arrest warrant towards Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA Hardik Patel for failing to seem earlier than it in a 2017 case through which he’s accused of violating a authorities order.

    Patel had made a political speech in violation of a authorities order at a village within the district forward of the 2017 Gujarat Assembly elections.

    Additional chief judicial Justice of the Peace D D Shah at Dhrangadhra issued the arrest warrant towards Patel for failure to seem the courtroom.

    Through its order dated February 2, the courtroom directed the Dhrangadhra taluka police station officer in Surendranagar district to arrest Patel and produce him earlier than the courtroom with out fail.

    The order was acquired by the police station on February 11, an official confirmed.

    A primary data report (FIR) was registered at Dhrangadhra taluka police station on January 12, 2018 after Patel and a co-accused Kaushik Patel have been discovered to have violated the situation of the permission granted to them to organise a gathering at Haripar village within the district.

    As per the FIR, the duo had sought permission to organise a gathering on the village on November 26, 2017, forward of the Assembly elections.

    While they have been granted the permission, they allegedly violated the notification issued by the extra district Justice of the Peace in a speech delivered through the assembly.

    They have been booked underneath sections 37 (3) and 135 of the Gujarat (Bombay) Police Act, 1951, coping with punishment for disobeying authorities orders.

    Notably, a courtroom at Jamnagar had final week acquitted Patel in an identical case for making a political speech in violation of a authorities order at a rally at Dhutarpar village in November 2017.

    At that point, Patel headed the Patidar Anamat Andolan Samiti (PAAS), a Patidar group organisation that organised state-wide agitation demanding reservation underneath OBC quota for the youths.

    The agitation had turned violent.

    Patel had joined the Congress in 2019, which he give up forward of the December 2022 Gujarat polls and was subsequently elected as an MLA on a BJP ticket from Viramgam constituency of Ahmedabad.

    He faces greater than two dozen instances, together with two sedition instances, in Gujarat.

  • Gujarat: Clinching Viramgam seat in ballot debut is not any cakewalk for Patidar face Hardik Patel

    By PTI

    VIRAMGAM: The ruling BJP in Gujarat has fielded newly-inducted younger Patidar chief Hardik Patel to grab from the Congress the Viramgam Assembly seat that had thrown up a shock within the final election and is taken into account resistant to caste politics as leaders from totally different castes and religions, together with a minority group, have represented it to this point.

    For the 29-year-old Patel, a local of Chandranagar village of Viramgam taluka of Ahmedabad who was born and introduced up in Viramgam city, it’s his maiden Assembly election.

    He will lock horns with sitting Congress MLA Lakhabhai Bharwad, who defeated Bharatiya Janata Party’s Tejashree Patel in 2017 by a margin of over 6,500 votes.

    Viramgam Assembly phase, which contains Viramgam, Mandal and Detroj talukas of Ahmedabad, has been with the Congress for the final 10 years. This and 92 different seats will go to polls within the second section on December 5.

    Interestingly, within the 2012 Assembly polls, Tejashree Patel had contested as a Congress candidate and defeated BJP’s Pragji Patel by a margin of greater than 16,000 votes.

    During her tenure because the Congress MLA, she left her mark as a fierce critic of the ruling BJP, each inside and out of doors the Assembly.

    However, to everybody’s shock, when she switched sides and fought on the BJP ticket in 2017, voters rejected her and selected Congress’ Lakhabhai Bharwad, who belonged to the Other Backward Class (OBC).

    While some voters really feel that Bharwad is dealing with anti-incumbency now, some others say he has been energetic as an MLA and labored onerous to resolve the native points, and therefore defeating him wouldn’t be straightforward for Hardik.

    Viramgam contains practically 3 lakh voters, together with 65,000 Thakor (OBC) voters, 50,000 Patidars or Patel voters, practically 35,000 Dalits, 20,000 Bharwad and Rabari group voters, 20,000 Muslims, 18,000 Koli members and 10,000 Karadia (OBC) Rajputs.

    However, this seat has to this point given MLAs from totally different castes, together with Tejashree Patel (Patidar), Daudbhai Patel (Muslim) in 1980, Kamabhai Rathod (Karadia Rajput) in 2007 and Lakhabhai Bharwad (OBC).

    “People of Viramgam never vote on caste lines. That is the reason why candidates from different castes have won over the decades. Voters of this seat only see performance and commitment towards people and the party. I am confident of retaining this seat,” mentioned Bharwad when requested if Hardik’s nomination might create hassle for him this time.

    Bharwad is counting on his previous efficiency and the work executed for the individuals or at the least elevating the problems within the Assembly in addition to on the native stage to get an answer.

    Both Viramgam Municipality and Taluka Panchayat are with the BJP.

    “Earlier, the condition of roads in the constituency was bad as they were not resurfaced for seven years. But due to my consistent efforts, they have resurfaced. However, the people of Viramgam town are suffering because the BJP is ruling the municipality. People are aware of who is at fault and who did their work,” Bharwad mentioned.

    Some locals additionally endorsed Bharwad’s claims in regards to the work he had executed as far as an MLA.

    “There is no doubt that Patel is more popular. But it is also a fact that Bharwad was active as an MLA and worked hard to resolve our issues, be it bad roads or overflowing gutters. We have seen him on the ground. Though he was not able to solve all the issues, people know that he had tried,” mentioned auto driver Kantilal Parmar.

    Another voter claimed that Hardik’s possibilities of successful had elevated with the renomination of Bharwad.

    “Bharwad is facing anti-incumbency. Looking at the caste equations, Congress should have fielded someone from Thakor community. Now, Hardik’s chances have gone up with Bharwad’s renomination,” he mentioned.

    The Aam Aadmi Party can be within the fray, which initially gave a ticket to at least one Kunvarji Thakor, earlier than all of the sudden changing him with Amarsinh Thakor.

    Kunvarji was sad with the event and determined to combat as an impartial. In 2017, he contested as an impartial and secured fourth place with 10,800 votes.

    One Kirit Rathod, a recognized Dalit activist from Viramgam, can be within the fray as an impartial.

    Many consider that this trio, if they continue to be within the fray, can disrupt the voting equations and provides surprising outcomes. The final date to withdraw nomination is November 21.

    Hardik, who rose to prominence after main the Patidar reservation agitation in search of OBC standing for the Patidar caste, joined the BJP in June after being with the Congress for practically two years.

    He is now touring villages of the area.

    In the “list of promises” issued by him, the primary one says he’ll make it possible for Viramgam will get the standing of a district and rural persons are already thanking Patel for taking over this concern.

    “Viramgam is big enough to be declared as a separate district. People have been demanding it for some time. This will resolve many of our problems because we have to travel all the way to Ahmedabad for various works related to the collector’s office or for court-related matters. Hardik has rightly taken up the issue,” mentioned Amrat Patel, a neighborhood farmer.

    Other key guarantees embrace constructing a contemporary sports activities advanced, faculties, 50-bed hospitals every in Mandal taluka, Detroj taluka and close to Nal Sarovar, 1,000 authorities homes in Viramgam city, industrial property, and gardens, amongst others.

    Notably, the four-page leaflet of guarantees doesn’t discover any point out of the phrase “Patidar” in it.

    In his quick bio, it’s talked about that he was born in a “Hindu family” in Gujarat and his late father Bharatbhai was an energetic BJP employee on this area.

    Hinting on the EWS (economically weaker sections) quota launched in Gujarat after his agitation for reservation, the leaflet says Hardik’s “historic agitation” was instrumental in offering many advantages to not only one however a number of communities.

    “Our campaign is going very strong and people are showering their blessings on Hardik. People are not happy with Congress MLA and they want a change this time. We are confident that people of Viramgam seat will vote for Hardik and once again bring BJP to power in the state,” mentioned Hardik’s marketing campaign supervisor Dipak Patel.

    VIRAMGAM: The ruling BJP in Gujarat has fielded newly-inducted younger Patidar chief Hardik Patel to grab from the Congress the Viramgam Assembly seat that had thrown up a shock within the final election and is taken into account resistant to caste politics as leaders from totally different castes and religions, together with a minority group, have represented it to this point.

    For the 29-year-old Patel, a local of Chandranagar village of Viramgam taluka of Ahmedabad who was born and introduced up in Viramgam city, it’s his maiden Assembly election.

    He will lock horns with sitting Congress MLA Lakhabhai Bharwad, who defeated Bharatiya Janata Party’s Tejashree Patel in 2017 by a margin of over 6,500 votes.

    Viramgam Assembly phase, which contains Viramgam, Mandal and Detroj talukas of Ahmedabad, has been with the Congress for the final 10 years. This and 92 different seats will go to polls within the second section on December 5.

    Interestingly, within the 2012 Assembly polls, Tejashree Patel had contested as a Congress candidate and defeated BJP’s Pragji Patel by a margin of greater than 16,000 votes.

    During her tenure because the Congress MLA, she left her mark as a fierce critic of the ruling BJP, each inside and out of doors the Assembly.

    However, to everybody’s shock, when she switched sides and fought on the BJP ticket in 2017, voters rejected her and selected Congress’ Lakhabhai Bharwad, who belonged to the Other Backward Class (OBC).

    While some voters really feel that Bharwad is dealing with anti-incumbency now, some others say he has been energetic as an MLA and labored onerous to resolve the native points, and therefore defeating him wouldn’t be straightforward for Hardik.

    Viramgam contains practically 3 lakh voters, together with 65,000 Thakor (OBC) voters, 50,000 Patidars or Patel voters, practically 35,000 Dalits, 20,000 Bharwad and Rabari group voters, 20,000 Muslims, 18,000 Koli members and 10,000 Karadia (OBC) Rajputs.

    However, this seat has to this point given MLAs from totally different castes, together with Tejashree Patel (Patidar), Daudbhai Patel (Muslim) in 1980, Kamabhai Rathod (Karadia Rajput) in 2007 and Lakhabhai Bharwad (OBC).

    “People of Viramgam never vote on caste lines. That is the reason why candidates from different castes have won over the decades. Voters of this seat only see performance and commitment towards people and the party. I am confident of retaining this seat,” mentioned Bharwad when requested if Hardik’s nomination might create hassle for him this time.

    Bharwad is counting on his previous efficiency and the work executed for the individuals or at the least elevating the problems within the Assembly in addition to on the native stage to get an answer.

    Both Viramgam Municipality and Taluka Panchayat are with the BJP.

    “Earlier, the condition of roads in the constituency was bad as they were not resurfaced for seven years. But due to my consistent efforts, they have resurfaced. However, the people of Viramgam town are suffering because the BJP is ruling the municipality. People are aware of who is at fault and who did their work,” Bharwad mentioned.

    Some locals additionally endorsed Bharwad’s claims in regards to the work he had executed as far as an MLA.

    “There is no doubt that Patel is more popular. But it is also a fact that Bharwad was active as an MLA and worked hard to resolve our issues, be it bad roads or overflowing gutters. We have seen him on the ground. Though he was not able to solve all the issues, people know that he had tried,” mentioned auto driver Kantilal Parmar.

    Another voter claimed that Hardik’s possibilities of successful had elevated with the renomination of Bharwad.

    “Bharwad is facing anti-incumbency. Looking at the caste equations, Congress should have fielded someone from Thakor community. Now, Hardik’s chances have gone up with Bharwad’s renomination,” he mentioned.

    The Aam Aadmi Party can be within the fray, which initially gave a ticket to at least one Kunvarji Thakor, earlier than all of the sudden changing him with Amarsinh Thakor.

    Kunvarji was sad with the event and determined to combat as an impartial. In 2017, he contested as an impartial and secured fourth place with 10,800 votes.

    One Kirit Rathod, a recognized Dalit activist from Viramgam, can be within the fray as an impartial.

    Many consider that this trio, if they continue to be within the fray, can disrupt the voting equations and provides surprising outcomes. The final date to withdraw nomination is November 21.

    Hardik, who rose to prominence after main the Patidar reservation agitation in search of OBC standing for the Patidar caste, joined the BJP in June after being with the Congress for practically two years.

    He is now touring villages of the area.

    In the “list of promises” issued by him, the primary one says he’ll make it possible for Viramgam will get the standing of a district and rural persons are already thanking Patel for taking over this concern.

    “Viramgam is big enough to be declared as a separate district. People have been demanding it for some time. This will resolve many of our problems because we have to travel all the way to Ahmedabad for various works related to the collector’s office or for court-related matters. Hardik has rightly taken up the issue,” mentioned Amrat Patel, a neighborhood farmer.

    Other key guarantees embrace constructing a contemporary sports activities advanced, faculties, 50-bed hospitals every in Mandal taluka, Detroj taluka and close to Nal Sarovar, 1,000 authorities homes in Viramgam city, industrial property, and gardens, amongst others.

    Notably, the four-page leaflet of guarantees doesn’t discover any point out of the phrase “Patidar” in it.

    In his quick bio, it’s talked about that he was born in a “Hindu family” in Gujarat and his late father Bharatbhai was an energetic BJP employee on this area.

    Hinting on the EWS (economically weaker sections) quota launched in Gujarat after his agitation for reservation, the leaflet says Hardik’s “historic agitation” was instrumental in offering many advantages to not only one however a number of communities.

    “Our campaign is going very strong and people are showering their blessings on Hardik. People are not happy with Congress MLA and they want a change this time. We are confident that people of Viramgam seat will vote for Hardik and once again bring BJP to power in the state,” mentioned Hardik’s marketing campaign supervisor Dipak Patel.

  • EWS quota resolved many problems with Patels, neighborhood standing with BJP this time: Hardik Patel

    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.

    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.

    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.

  • Patidar quota stir: HC removes Hardik’s bail situation of not getting into Mehsana eliminated for a yr

    By PTI

    AHMEDABAD: The Gujarat High Court on Friday granted reduction to Bharatiya Janata Party chief Hardik Patel by eradicating for a yr a bail situation prohibiting him from getting into the state’s Mehsana district in a rioting case linked with the 2015 Patidar quota stir.

    The court docket of Justice SH Vora granted momentary reduction to Patel, who had filed the bail modification petition on November 7 on the bottom that he wished to supply prayers on the temple of his “kuldevi” (native deity).

    The bail situation that he is not going to enter his house district Mehsana has been eliminated for a yr, Patel’s lawyer Rafik Lokhandwala mentioned.

    Patel was on Thursday declared because the BJP’s candidate for Viramgam seat in Ahmedabad district.

    A Gujarat court docket had, in July 2018, sentenced Patel and his aides Lalji Patel and AK Patel to 2 years in jail for rioting and arson that befell on July 23, 2015 in Visnagar city through the Patidar reservation agitation.

    On that day, a mob had torched a automotive and vandalised the workplace of Visnagar BJP MLA Rishikesh Patel.

    The Gujarat High Court had, in August 2018, suspended the decrease court docket’s order and granted him bail.

    The HC barred him from getting into Mehsana as a bail situation and this continued whilst his attraction towards conviction stays pending earlier than the court docket.

    AHMEDABAD: The Gujarat High Court on Friday granted reduction to Bharatiya Janata Party chief Hardik Patel by eradicating for a yr a bail situation prohibiting him from getting into the state’s Mehsana district in a rioting case linked with the 2015 Patidar quota stir.

    The court docket of Justice SH Vora granted momentary reduction to Patel, who had filed the bail modification petition on November 7 on the bottom that he wished to supply prayers on the temple of his “kuldevi” (native deity).

    The bail situation that he is not going to enter his house district Mehsana has been eliminated for a yr, Patel’s lawyer Rafik Lokhandwala mentioned.

    Patel was on Thursday declared because the BJP’s candidate for Viramgam seat in Ahmedabad district.

    A Gujarat court docket had, in July 2018, sentenced Patel and his aides Lalji Patel and AK Patel to 2 years in jail for rioting and arson that befell on July 23, 2015 in Visnagar city through the Patidar reservation agitation.

    On that day, a mob had torched a automotive and vandalised the workplace of Visnagar BJP MLA Rishikesh Patel.

    The Gujarat High Court had, in August 2018, suspended the decrease court docket’s order and granted him bail.

    The HC barred him from getting into Mehsana as a bail situation and this continued whilst his attraction towards conviction stays pending earlier than the court docket.

  • BJP names 160 candidates for Gujarat polls; CM, Hardik, cricketer Jadeja’s spouse in first listing

    By PTI

    NEW DELHI: The BJP on Thursday launched its first listing of 160 candidates for the two-phase elections to the 182-member Gujarat Assembly, fielding Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel from his constituency Ghatlodia and dropping a lot of sitting MLAs.

    Names of Hardik Patel, the face of Patidar agitation within the 2017 meeting polls who later give up the Congress to affix the BJP, and Rivaba Jadeja, spouse of cricketer Ravindra Jadeja, determine on the listing.

    While Hardik Patel will contest from Viramgam, Rivaba Jadeja has been fielded from Jamnagar North.

    Releasing the listing, Union minister Bhupendra Yadav mentioned the BJP has modified as many as 38 sitting members, claiming that almost all replacements have been made with the consent of the incumbents.

    The get together named its candidates for 84 of the 89 seats which is able to go to the polls within the first section on December 1 and 76 of 93 candidates going to the polls within the second section on December 5.

    Union ministers Yadav and Mansukh Mandaviya had been joined by Gujarat BJP president C R Patil at a press convention right here as Yadav named the candidates chosen by the get together’s Central Election Committee at its assembly on Wednesday.

    Yadav mentioned the listing consists of 69 sitting MLAs apart from 14 ladies, and 13 and 24 members from the Schedules Castes and Schedules Tribes respectively.

    He mentioned plenty of senior leaders from the state, together with former chief minister Vijay Rupani and former deputy chief minister Nitin Patel, have opted out of the competition and had written to the get together management to this impact.

    Patil expressed confidence that the BJP will break its earlier file of seat tally and vote share in these polls.

    Prime Minister Narendra Modi and different CEC members, together with Union ministers Amit Shah and Rajnath Singh apart from get together’s nationwide president J P Nadda, had been within the assembly to finalise the candidates.

    The BJP is hopeful of sustaining its uninterrupted successful streak within the state meeting polls since 1995.

    The entry of the Aam Aadmi Party has added an additional dimension to the state’s conventional bipolar elections, with the BJP’s most important challenger Congress hit by a recent spherical of desertion by its leaders as it really works to regroup.

    NEW DELHI: The BJP on Thursday launched its first listing of 160 candidates for the two-phase elections to the 182-member Gujarat Assembly, fielding Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel from his constituency Ghatlodia and dropping a lot of sitting MLAs.

    Names of Hardik Patel, the face of Patidar agitation within the 2017 meeting polls who later give up the Congress to affix the BJP, and Rivaba Jadeja, spouse of cricketer Ravindra Jadeja, determine on the listing.

    While Hardik Patel will contest from Viramgam, Rivaba Jadeja has been fielded from Jamnagar North.

    Releasing the listing, Union minister Bhupendra Yadav mentioned the BJP has modified as many as 38 sitting members, claiming that almost all replacements have been made with the consent of the incumbents.

    The get together named its candidates for 84 of the 89 seats which is able to go to the polls within the first section on December 1 and 76 of 93 candidates going to the polls within the second section on December 5.

    Union ministers Yadav and Mansukh Mandaviya had been joined by Gujarat BJP president C R Patil at a press convention right here as Yadav named the candidates chosen by the get together’s Central Election Committee at its assembly on Wednesday.

    Yadav mentioned the listing consists of 69 sitting MLAs apart from 14 ladies, and 13 and 24 members from the Schedules Castes and Schedules Tribes respectively.

    He mentioned plenty of senior leaders from the state, together with former chief minister Vijay Rupani and former deputy chief minister Nitin Patel, have opted out of the competition and had written to the get together management to this impact.

    Patil expressed confidence that the BJP will break its earlier file of seat tally and vote share in these polls.

    Prime Minister Narendra Modi and different CEC members, together with Union ministers Amit Shah and Rajnath Singh apart from get together’s nationwide president J P Nadda, had been within the assembly to finalise the candidates.

    The BJP is hopeful of sustaining its uninterrupted successful streak within the state meeting polls since 1995.

    The entry of the Aam Aadmi Party has added an additional dimension to the state’s conventional bipolar elections, with the BJP’s most important challenger Congress hit by a recent spherical of desertion by its leaders as it really works to regroup.

  • I’ll work as Narendra Modi’s soldier, tweets Hardik Patel forward of becoming a member of BJP 

    By PTI

    AHMEDABAD: Once a fierce critic of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, former Congress chief Hardik Patel, who is ready to hitch the ruling BJP in Gujarat on Thursday, posted a tweet within the morning saying he would work as a “soldier” of PM Modi and begin a “new chapter”.

    Patel is ready to hitch the BJP at 12 pm on Thursday.

    “Today, I am going to start a new chapter keeping in mind the interest of the nation, region, society and community. I will work as a small soldier in the development work of the nation being carried out under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi,” he stated within the tweet.

    Elections to the 182-member House of the Gujarat Assembly are due by the tip of this yr.

    Patel had earlier led an aggressive agitation to demand quota for the Patidar neighborhood and focused the BJP authorities repeatedly.

    He was a really vocal critic of the BJP prior to now.

    But the BJP authorities had slapped a number of instances towards him, together with that of sedition.

    Patel, who had joined the Congress in 2019, resigned from the celebration not too long ago.

    After that, there was a hypothesis that he would possibly be a part of the ruling BJP.

    He had even praised the BJP’s decision-making capability and magnificence of functioning, whereas severely criticising the Congress management.

    Before quitting the Congress, Patel had written a scathing letter to celebration chief Sonia Gandhi, claiming that the Congress “only played the role of a roadblock” over sure key points within the nation and was “merely reduced to opposing everything”.

    Patel first got here into limelight in 2015 when he spearheaded the motion demanding reservation for the Patidar neighborhood in authorities jobs and academic institutes.

    Although he joined the opposition Congress in March 2019 forward of the Lok Sabha election, contesting the parliamentary election was not doable for him as a consequence of his conviction in a rioting case.

    He positioned himself as a vocal critic of the BJP and saved concentrating on the celebration and its governments within the state and on the Centre for being “anti-poor, anti-farmer and anti-youth”.

    Since he was convicted in rioting and arson instances, it affected his possibilities of contesting an election.

    However, the Supreme Court not too long ago stayed his conviction.

    Patel, who was charged underneath Indian Penal Code (IPC) sections 124(A) (sedition), 121 (A) (conspiracy to wage conflict towards authorities) and 120 (B) (felony conspiracy), has been out on bail since 2016.

    The BJP authorities has not too long ago taken steps to withdraw a number of instances lodged towards Patel and others associated to the 2015 reservation agitation and the violence that broke out during which 10 individuals, together with a policeman, had been killed and public properties and automobiles broken.

  • Hardik stop Cong fearing jail in sedition instances, says social gathering chief; claims his resignation scripted by BJP

    By PTI

    AHMEDABAD: A day after Hardik Patel left the Congress, the social gathering’s Gujarat unit president Jagdish Thakor on Thursday claimed that he took the step as he was afraid that he may need to go to jail in sedition instances registered towards him.

    Thakor additionally claimed that Patel would possibly be a part of the ruling BJP.

    The Congress chief made these claims quickly after Patel held a press convention right here, wherein he alleged that he was not given any significant work regardless of being the working president of the social gathering’s state unit.

    Patel additionally accused the social gathering of getting no imaginative and prescient and its state unit being an excessive amount of into “caste-based politics”.

    Patel resigned from the Congress on Wednesday, months forward of the Assembly polls in Gujarat, claiming that prime leaders of the social gathering had been distracted by their cellphones and that Gujarat Congress leaders had been extra desirous about arranging hen sandwiches for them.

    Patel was made the working president in July 2020, a 12 months after he was inducted into the Congress within the presence of Rahul Gandhi.

    Talking to reporters in Rajkot, over 220 kms from right here, Thakor alleged that no matter Patel spoke in the course of the press convention earlier within the day and what was written in his resignation letter was scripted by the ruling BJP.

    “Hardik feared that he may have to go to jail in sedition cases if he stays in Congress. Hence, to save himself from the possible punishment, he decided to quit Congress and he might join the BJP as well,” Thakor claimed.

    Patel, who as soon as led the Patidar neighborhood’s agitation for reservation, faces almost 25 felony instances in Gujarat, together with sedition FIRs registered one every in Ahmedabad and Surat.

    Refuting Patel’s allegations that he was sidelined and never given any vital work regardless of being a working president, Thakor stated the social gathering had made him a “star campaigner” within the recently-held Assembly polls to 5 states.

    “Not just that. He was given the facility to travel in helicopters and planes. He was always given importance during the key national-level party meetings,” claimed Thakor, who accused him of being in contact with the BJP for a while.

    “The way he was speaking (against leadership) for the last one month, we had an indication about his next move. We also knew that he was in touch with the BJP. But we were trying to resolve the issue amicably because we were confident that he will not surrender so easily just out of fear of going to jail,” he added.

  • Hardik Patel quits Congress

    By Online Desk

    In an enormous blow to the Congress celebration proper earlier than the elections, Hardik Patel resigned on Wednesday. 

    Taking it to Twitter, he stated, “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.”

    In a letter to the celebration head Sonia Gandhi, he stated, “Despite several atempts to steer the party in the right direction, the party has constantly been working against the intrest of my country and society.”

  • Gujarat: Naresh Patel performs a ready recreation; says but to determine on political entry

    Express News Service

    AHMEDABAD: Naresh Patel, an influential Patidar chief, is but to disclose what his plans are amid speculations that he’s set to hitch the Congress celebration.

    The head of the Shree Khodaldham Trust which manages the temple of Khodal Mata had visited Delhi currently. However, he denied to the media his Delhi go to had something to do with politics. He denied having met the congress prime brass. He admitted that he met Prashant Kishor. He stated that Hardik Patel had met him. But Naresh Patel summed up that he’s but to make up his thoughts about taking a plunge into politics. On that query, Patel stated he’ll determine by May 15.

    “The decision to enter politics is a serious matter. I do not want to take a decision in a hurry and get into trouble. I have to answer you, and my community too. However, I do not lack decision-making power.  I will announce my decision by May 15 on whether I want to take a plunge into politics or not. Or I will tell you which party I am going to join,” he advised media individuals.

    “It is true that I met Prashant Kishor earlier. I also met Prashant Kishor at a wedding in Delhi yesterday. I can’t reveal what we discussed there. Apart from this, I also met Hardik Patel a few days ago. He has two or three questions. We are thinking of solving it,” he hinted. 

    “People say that Prashant Kishor has joined the Congress. But I can’t say something particularly, I’m not a licensed particular person to discuss it. And, sure there are rumours that Hardik Patel goes to hitch BJP. And if he does so then that’s his private choice.” 

    However, after the denial of Naresh Patel, sources say he had a gathering with prime congress leaders. Importantly, sources stated earlier Prashant Kishor had urged Naresh Patel to hitch the Congress, whereas Naresh Patel had laid down the situations for becoming a member of the congress provided that Prashant Kishor joined the Congress. Earlier, Naresh Patel has held conferences with Congress, BJP, and AAP leaders.

    Meanwhile, Gujarat Congress In-charge Raghu Sharma Said “Naresh Patel is a social and respected leader. It is a pleasure if he had met the Congress High Command. A leader like Naresh Patel is welcome in the Congress. His presence will make the party stronger.”

    Meanwhile, Hardik Patel has modified his social media DP as we speak. Earlier, his WhatsApp DP had a Congress image and it stated, “I will fight and win.” Hardik’s DP was nonetheless the identical until yesterday, i.e. until April 22. But as we speak, his DP has modified and he put a proper photograph. However, Hardik’s Facebook web page and Twitter deal with have the identical profile image with the congress brand. 

    It could also be recalled that Hardik Patel had praised the BJP on Friday.

  • SC stays conviction of Congress chief Hardik Patel in rioting case

    By PTI

    NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Tuesday stayed the conviction of Gujarat Congress working president Hardik Patel in a rioting and arson case.

    A bench of Justices S A Nazeer and Vikram Nath mentioned it is a match case for the excessive court docket to have stayed the conviction.

    At the outset, senior advocate Maninder Singh submitted that not permitting Patel to contest election is a violation of his proper to freedom of expression.

    “It is a violation. I have already lost one chance to contest the election in 2019. We are before your lordships to get our rights under Article 19(1)(a) to be enforced. They have misused the police power. Therefore, I don’t know what they have to say, but my lords must decide this case soon,” he mentioned.

    Solicitor General Tushar Mehta mentioned the fundamental parameters for conviction are set.

    “In criminal law, there is no one standard guideline to say which one is right. Your lordship may decide the issue. Whether Patel might have won or not, is not the issue in this case,” he mentioned.

    The bench then handed the order and mentioned,”Having regard to the facts and circumstances, we are of the view that this is the fit case for the high court to have stayed the conviction. The conviction is, hereby, stayed until the appeals are decided accordingly.”

    The prime court docket was listening to a plea filed by Patel towards the judgment of the Gujarat High Court in search of suspension of the conviction in order that he may contest the 2019 Lok Sabha elections.

    Patel had sought a path to droop the conviction order handed on July 25, 2018, by a classes court docket in Mahesana in Visnagar.

    He had additionally challenged the validity of the excessive court docket’s order of March 29 refusing his plea for a keep on the conviction.