“Congress Did not Give Me Any Paintings In Gujarat Native Polls”: Hardik Patel

New Delhi:

Gujarat Congress operating president Hardik Patel on Sunday slammed the functioning of the state unit after the party’s humiliating defeat within the native frame elections, claiming that no paintings was once given to him within the polls and his opinion was once additionally now not searched for price ticket distribution.

He, then again, additionally brushed aside hypothesis about leaving the Congress sooner or later and stated he would stay within the party and perform no matter accountability he’s given.

In an interview with PTI, Mr Patel additionally raised questions over the figuring out of the party’s central management of Gujarat and stated the Congress has did not combat as an opposition within the state.

With a purpose to give a boost to the party, the prime command has to know Gujarat, he stated.

Mr Patel additionally argued that the legislators need to be avoided the paintings of the organisation.

The feedback by means of Mr Patel, who was once the face of the Patidar quota agitation in 2015, got here days after the BJP received all 31 district panchayats, 74 out of 81 municipalities and likewise trounced its major rival Congress in 231 taluka panchayats.

The luck adopted the BJP’s blank sweep in elections for 6 municipal firms within the first segment remaining month. The Congress may now not even open its account within the Surat Municipal Company.

Following the party’s debacle, Gujarat Congress president Amit Chavda and chief of opposition Paresh Dhanani despatched their resignations to the party management.

When requested concerning the causes for the party’s defeat, Mr Patel stated, “We have now did not win the general public’s accept as true with. The combat which we will have to have undertaken as an opposition, now we have failed in that. The general public feels that the Congress didn’t do its task as an opposition and this is why the Aam Aadmi Party were given votes in lots of puts.”

“In Surat, other people from our motion had requested for best two tickets. The party didn’t even give that. Simply on account of the ones two seats we misplaced the entire 36 seats there,” he stated.

It’s value noting that within the remaining civic elections, the Congress had received greater than 30 seats within the Patidar-dominated spaces of Surat.

With out naming any chief, Mr Patel claimed, “I’m the operating president and I had no position in price ticket distribution. I used to be advised that the operating president has no position in it. Nonetheless, I held a number of conferences alone. I used to be now not given any programme or paintings by means of the Pradesh Congress Committee.”

“Arrangements for the native frame elections have been occurring for 3 months. Now not even as soon as in 3 months have I been advised that it’s important to do that paintings. Tickets have been dispensed in additional than 5,000 seats, however now not even for one seat, I used to be requested to provide my opinion. Even in Patidar-dominated spaces, my opinion was once now not taken,” he stated.

Requested concerning the resignation of Amit Chavda from the publish of state president and Paresh Dhanani from the publish of the chief of opposition, Patel stated, “If I have been additionally the president, I might have taken accountability. They’ve resigned, however the accountability lies with everybody.”

“Now everybody has to paintings onerous,” he added.

Requested if the Congress prime command didn’t take vital steps in time, Mr Patel stated they’ve to know Gujarat, and provides significance to it.

“We have now now not been in energy within the state for 30 years. If we don’t perceive Gujarat, younger employees like us can be left disillusioned. The party is slumping day-to-day and no person is paying consideration,” Mr Patel stated.

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