Gujarat’s richest Congressman NRI CK Patel joins BJP
Gujarat’s richest Congressman NRI CK Patel joins BJP
Modasa/Sabarkantha, DeshGujarat,23 October, 2008
Gujarat’s perhaps officially richest politician NRI businessman Chandu K. Patel(C.K.Patel), who contested the 2007 Gujarat assembly election from Himmatnagar constituency on a Congress ticket and lost by 8,700 votes, Wednesday joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) along with a large number of his supporters.
C.K.Patel is considered a deep pocket NRI Gujarati who owns $34-million commercial property in US including the Hilton Hotel Resort at Dana Point and community halls for Gujaratis in California. Patel has been elected president of the National Federation of Indian-American Associations (NFIAA) though he has not formally assumed office. NFIAA had sponsored astronaut Sunita Williams’ visit to India.
Last year when C.K.Patel contested Gujarat assembly election from Himmatnagar constituency in North Gujarat’s Sabarkantha district, he was the richest candidate across the state with assets totaling Rs.2.21 billion. Patel had used a slogan ‘Phir Bhi Dil Hai Hindustani’ in his election campaign.
“I am impressed by the dynamic leadership of the chief minister. It is due to his sincere efforts that Nano has come to Gujarat. There was no constructive work in the Congress and I didn’t like the way they opposed development projects. People in US are happy with Modi for the way he could bring the Nano project to Gujarat. Other CMs were trying to get this project too, but Modi who pulled it off for Gujarat. on sensing the mood of the people, I decided I should be with the organisation which has a constructive approach rather then being on the negative side,” C.K. Patel said while joining BJP officially in presence of Gujarat BJP President Purushottam Rupala in a public function at Modasa on Wednesday evening. Three ex-Congress MLAs from Sabarkantha district, more than 90 Sarpanchs(village heads) from Bhiloda taluka, more than 20 sarpanchs from Bayad taluka and more than 70 district Congress leaders too joined BJP in this function along with their around 3000 supporters.
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Party needs…people with constructive & positive approach like you Mr.C.K.Patel. Normally people consider it as negative step but i believe your decision will be much appreciated by Everbody. Wish you all the best & please try to become another Modi. so that development process becomes faster & faster…
Excellent news from Desh gujarat.
REALLY; MR. MODI IS A MIRACLE MAN.
LONG LIVE BJP; ABVP; RSS; VHP
GO DOWN CONGRESS; NSUI; SP; BSP; SIMI; SO CALL HUMAN ACTIVIST.
I am sure one day 100% gujaratis and 100% Indians will be reallize that Congress has done nothing for our contry. Congress has taken advantages of Mahatma Gandhi.
VANDE MATARAM.
CK is “patalibadalu”.
SamajSawa karvane badle, tara dikara ne sambhal.
Guys don’t get carried away by this . We in US know how he made millions. He cheated lots of Indians.
angadvali@yahoo.com
Himesh is a congressiyo
I THINK FINALLY MR. C.K.PATEL UNDERSTOOD THAT WEALTH CAN DO ONLY SO MUCH. HE ALSO LOST ELECTION IN LAST TIME WHEN HE WANTED TO BECOME GUJARAT ASSEMBLY PERSON. AGAIN HE CAME TO HIS SENSES AND DID WAHT HE SHOULD HAVE DONE LONG TIME AGO. JAY SHREE KRISHNA….
The parlament election now in due Congrss party is failed own his partyworker.However last many election congress party lost.This people coming to BJP is good but BJP party must be keep eye on this people asper my consider this people are selffish.
Jay Jay Garvi Gujarat Vendemataram.
yes. BJP doesn’t need rich people. BJP is working for countery and once you want to work for countery you are a BJP member. i hope this guys ck patel who loss election from congress might not try to foolish his countery even he is NRI. outer wise you are bull shit fo NRI.
Good to see like this news,,,best of luck to him and BJP…the real heros
Helo,
BJP should move away from from RSS and other communal parties and should not hold on to only HINDUTVA. If they do this, nobody can beat BJP and congress will never come up once again. As long as BJP is supporting communal parties like RSS, it has no future.
Do you think Modi is doing his job?
or he is just fooling us all like all politician did for years, but killing little fishes and letting big fishes work openly??? Don’t you think people will support him if he takes action against them?? or he doesn’t have Guts!
Modi, considered the poster boy of Hindutva, has launched a demolition
drive against illegal structures in Gandhinagar and has razed as many
as 80 temples to the ground.
Nice Job Modi, I am with you if you are taking action against illegal
construction and people taking away land from government in name of
regilion and other novel free land concepts.
Will you be able to do anything against BIG fishes in this business
like Swadhyay Didi who is sitting on millions of rupee worth land in
Ahmedabad and our swami ji to name few the famous Asharam bapu who in
name of religion holding 40 acres government land in Sabarmati area
(there might be thousands like them in Gujarat). There are so many
illegal mosque all over what are you going to do about it sir???
Name all illegal structures that you think are illegal constructed in
Gujarat or been occupied in name of orginised religious cartels…. or
non profit trusts…. lets see what Modi does about it, or he is just
to show his power by bringing down the small structures and letting
big fishes swim openly in water….
give me a break Modi…. I voted for Modi… but i think he is also a politician…
Money can not by voter’s,you devotee type work can get support of voter’s only.It alway’s proved in history.
i think he is best man i ever meet in my whole life.. he is down to earth.. he is doing really creative work in gujarat.. best of luck c.k… keep it up.. jay hind
under his leadreship NFIA national federation of indian american is doing really good.. i am impress by his speech in seattle,
Party needs…people with constructive & positive approach like you Mr.C.K.Patel. Normally people consider it as negative step but i believe your decision will be much appreciated by Everbody. Wish you all the best & please try to become another Modi. so that development process becomes faster & faster…
i meat him on NFIA convention seattle,WA, he is a miracle man. he is the first gujarati who is Patel has been elected president of the National Federation of Indian-American Associations (NFIAA) . NFIAA had sponsored astronaut Sunita Williams’ visit to India.
there are lots of students in 42-84 who can`t study because of money,
so please help us grow our trust..
IT IS NICE AND INSPIRABLE FOR EVERY AMBITIOUS INDIAN.