Working president of the Gujarat Congress and face of the Patidar agitation in 2015 Hardik Patel feels “harassed and sidelined” by party leaders ahead of the crucial Assembly elections.
He accused the local leaders of ignoring him on the day a former legislator from Rajkot Indranil Rajyaguru resigned from the party and joined the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), which is trying to create its base in the State of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah.
On Thursday, Mr. Rajyaguru and his aide Vasram Sagathia, a former municipal councillor from Rajkot, joined the AAP a day after they met Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in Delhi.
