Booked for Predicting Rupani Exit in 2020, Gujarat Scribe Stands 'Vindicated'

In 2020, Face of Nation editor Dhaval Patel was arrested for writing about a possible leadership change in Gujarat.

Almost 16 months after he was booked for sedition over a report indicating a possible leadership change in Gujarat due to rising criticism over its handling of the COVID-19 crisis, Dhaval Patel, the editor of the news portal Face of Nation on Sunday, 12 September, said that the recent resignation of Chief Minister Vijay Rupani was nothing short of a "vindication", reported The Indian Express.

According to the report, Patel had tendered an unconditional apology as he realised that the "state wanted to drag on the case" and that it was bound to affect his career.

"It was apparent that the state wanted to drag on the case and I did not want the same as it was bound to affect my career. So the government counsel proposed that I tender an apology and I left the country."

Dhaval Patel