Hardik Patel resigns: He claimed the Gujarat Congress leaders are more interested in arranging ‘chicken sandwich’.
New Delhi: Hardik Patel, who resigned from the Congress on Wednesday just months ahead of the Gujarat Assembly elections, took potshots at senior leaders, including Rahul Gandhi. In his resignation to the Congress president Sonia Gandhi, Patel accused the party of “lack of seriousness about all issues”. Alluding to Rahul Gandhi’s foreign trips, he said the party’s leaders had been enjoying abroad when the Congress needed leadership. Implying sycophancy in the Gujarat Congress ranks, he said the leaders of the local unit were more interested in arranging “chicken sandwich” for people from Delhi than solving problems.
“A lack of seriousness about all issues is a major problem with the Congress party’s senior leadership. Whenever our country faced challenges and when the Congress needed leadership, Congress leaders were enjoying abroad! Senior leaders behave in a way like they hate Gujarat. How in the world can Congress then expect that the people of Gujarat will see them as an alternative to lead our state?” he said in the letter.
Questioning the party’s strategy, Patel said the Congress took contrarian positions even on issues of national importance. He said the Congress just played the role of a “roadblock and was always only obstructive”.
“It is unfortunate that workers like us, who travel 500-600 km in our cars in a single day to meet people, get to see those big leaders of Congress in Gujarat who are least bothered to address real issues in Gujarat but are more focused on ensuring that chicken sandwich for leaders who have come from Delhi is delivered on time!” he said.
He claimed the Congress has been continually losing in states because it could not present before the people of the country its roadmap.
“When I joined the Congress I did not know that the hearts and minds of leadership of the Congress are filled with such hatred towards our country India, towards my community and especially towards the youth,” he added.
Over the last three years, the Congress has lost several young leaders. Most claimed the party was not able to catch the pulse of the electorate.
With inputs from ANI
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