New Delhi: In a significant political development ahead of Gujarat assembly elections to be held later this year, Hardik Patel has removed ‘working president of Gujarat Congress’ from his Twitter bio.
Patel’s Twitter bio now reads only ‘Proud Indian Patriot. Social and Political Activist’.
This has further fuelled speculations that he is going to join the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) ahead of the Gujarat Assembly polls.
Gujarat Pradesh Congress Committee (GPCC) president Jagdish Thakor had last month invited Patel for talks post his public outburst against the leadership of the grand old party’s state unit.
"Hardik (Patel) tweeted yesterday. As soon as I learnt about his tweet, I called him immediately and said, 'we came to know about your grievances from the media. Let us sit down and talk about whatever complaints you have'," PTI quoted Thakor as saying earlier on April 27.
Thakor said that he had reached out to Patel over the phone every time he expressed disappointment in the public against the party, asking him to meet and discuss the matter.
“I called him last week, and again yesterday. Last time he said he was busy with the death anniversary of his father. Later, he said he was in Surat, and he will meet as soon as he is free,” Thakor said.
“Dialogue is the best way to resolve differences, this is what we and the high command believe in,” he added.
Patel had earlier tweeted stating “there were others” who wanted him to leave the Congress.
“I am in Congress currently. I hope the central leaders find a way so that I continue to remain in the Congress. There are others who want Hardik to leave the Congress. They want to break my morale,” Patel tweeted.
Patel, who shot to limelight as the leader of the 2015 Patidar agitation, joined the Congress earlier in March.
He had recently praised the ruling BJP, saying the saffron party was strong because it had politicians with leadership qualities.
Patel, however, later clarified that he had no plans to join the BJP.