In his first interview after quitting the Congress, Patidar leader Hardik Patel spoke to The Indian Express about the deeper problems in the grand old party and why joining the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) could be a likely option.
Praising the saffron party, Patel said that the people of Gujarat “see the BJP as bringing development, peace and security. The people of Gujarat have understood that there is peace and security in the BJP regime because before that they saw riots. They have seen that in the last 20-22 years, nothing has happened.”
Claiming that 2022 Gujarat Assembly elections will be “one-sided,” thereby not “interesting,” Patel took a jibe at the Congress while hailing Aam Aadmi Party’s (AAP’s) strategy.