BJP MlA Nalin Kotadia from Dhari constituency in Amreli district came out openly in favour of the ongoing agitation of the powerful Patel community in Gujarat for getting reservation under OBC category.
Kotadia also gave assurance to his community brethren saying at a rally that if required he would not hesitate to resign from his MlA’s post. Speaking at a Patidar (Patel) student’s felicitation programme in Kotadia, he said that he had been a Patel leader since the last four decades and would stand by his community in future.
In another function of the Patidar community at Gandhinagar, former Member of Parliament and ex-Minister of Gujarat Dilip Sanghani was forced to complete his speech abruptly. When the BJP leader spoke against the agitation saying that Patidars have chose wrong path and that they would not get reservation, people from the audience started shouting and he was forced to conclude his speech.
Former vice-chairman of Amul Dairy Gordhan Patel died during a rally of agitating Patels on Monday. Patel had a cardiac arrest when he was addressing the rally. On Monday, Patidars organised a huge rally in Surat.