Hardik Patel, who was the working president of Gujarat Congress, says that he used to message Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi daily about what happened to him. I have a habit of clearing the message box. If Rahul and Priyanka have those messages in their phones, then show them the truth will come out.
Keep in mind that the Gujarat assembly elections are going to be held later this year. But only 6 months ago there has started turmoil. Hardik Patel, the leader of the Patidar movement and the youth face of Gujarat, has resigned from the Congress party. Hardik was in the post of working president of Gujarat Congress. After the resignation, Hardik lashed out at the Gandhi family.
He said that I thought Rahul Gandhi would understand us, would help. I had joined the Congress party under the leadership of Rahul Gandhi for this reason. But after that local leaders harassed him. Rahul Gandhi had come to Dahod to attend an event 5-7 days before I resigned. He knew the whole story 15-20 days in advance. I expected Rahul to take out 5 minutes to talk. Rahul Gandhi couldn’t even spare 5 minutes for me. If I had done this, then today this situation would not have happened.
Hardik said that if someone does not get a chance to fulfill the responsibility after being given the post, then what will he do. I was kept as the working president for two and a half years, but till date my responsibility has not been fixed. No work was assigned to me. Do not even put the photo of the working president in the posters. When my father died in COVID, the leaders of the Congress state unit did not even come to my house.
He said that the announcements made in the Chintan Shivir have already been done. But the leadership keeps on twisting the rules according to its convenience. He said that in the last 10 years, the Congress party could not organize such a big movement, in which a Congress leader has been jailed for 10 days. Congress needs to worry and think about this.
The Patidar leader said that if the Congress does not rectify its mistake, people will not like to see it in the opposition. Merely abusing leaders like Amit Shah and Narendra Modi will not work. He said that when a leader is leaving the Congress, the top leadership is not trying to convince him. There are some people around the high command, who keep saying that leaving him will not make any difference.