Rahul Gandhi’s proposed meeting with Hardik, Jignesh in Gujarat deferred

Gandhinagar:
The proposed meeting of Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi with PAAS leader Hardik Patel and Dalit Sena head Jignesh Mewani slated to be held in Gujarat today could not take place.

Gujarat Congress President and former union minister Bharatsinh Solanki today said that the meeting would now take place on some other day. ‘It might take place on November 1,2 or 3,’ he told newsmen here.

‘We had invited OBC Ekta Manch leader Alpesh Thakor, Hardik and Jignesh to come and join hands with us to defeat BJP. Alpesh had already met Rahul ji and is going to join Congress formally in presence of our leader here today. So far as the meeting with Hardik and Jignesh is concerned, It could not take place today,’ he said.

Meanwhile, Rahul who arrived Ahmedabad this morning, today held a meeting with Alpesh again at Taj Hotel in the outskirts of the city close to airport before the Navsarjan Janadesh Maha Sammelan orgnaized at Ramkatha ground here.

Rahul also held a meeting with former PAAS leader Nikhil Savani who had announced to sever ties with BJP which he had joined just a few week ago.

Rahul was going to participate in Navsarjan Gujarat janadesh Mahasammelan in Ramkatha Maidan here where Alpesh would formally join Congress.

Hardik, who is underage for formal entry to politics and eligibility to contest poll, is likely to not join Congress but announce his outfit’s support to the party for upcoming assembly election. He told newsmen today that he would certainly meet Rahul during his next Gujarat visit in November.

Mewani , who has also said that he was not going to join any political outfit, is also likely to follow suit by announcing support to the main opposition party.

Desh Gujarat