BJP leaders in Patidar Sangh fast had informed the party:Rupani

Correspondent, Gandhinagar/Surat

Even as many well-known faces deemed closer to ruling Bhartiya Janta Party dispensation in Gujarat and two MLAs of the party participated in the symbolic fast organized by Patidar Sangh in Kamrej of Surat today, BJP state president Vijaybhai Rupani claimed that those affiliated to the party had informed about the move.

The seven hour long event in a community hall by the newly floated outfit is meant for creating pressure for an early resolution to the vexed Patidar quota stir.

Talking to media persons, Mr Rupani said that there was nothing wrong in participating in the event with prior information to the party.

He also reiterated that the state government was ready to find a solution to the Patidar quota agitation and accepting such related demands which were withing the frame-work of law and constitution.

Meanwhile, an incident of scuffle with a Patidar Anamat Aandolan Samiti (PAAS) leader Amul Patel also took place near the venue. A few youths from the outfit tore off Amul’s shirt and pushed him out of the venue. The exact reason behind the incident was not yet known but it is understood that some internal rift was responsible for this. The attackers, caught on the CCTV, claimed that Amul with his pro-government stance had given bad image to the stir.

Earlier, the symbolic fast with over 500 participants from various parts of the state began at 10 am this morning. Apart from BJP MLAs from Kamrej (Praful Pansuriya) and Varachha (Kishor alias Kumar Kanani), Surat Mayor Asmitaben Siroya, BJP Kisan Morcha General Secretary Gordhan Jadafia were also present.

Well known businessman Lalji Patel, who bought the stripped suit of PM Narendra Modi last year during an auction in Surat for Rs 4.31 crore, Mathur Savani, one of the prominent government backed negotiator and Lavji Badshah, who organized assistance program for community girls etc were also present on the occasion where several corporators of the BJP ruled SMC including some from opposition Congress also marked there presence.

– DeshGujarat