Addressing a gathering at Trasad village near Dholka town in Ahmedabad late on Tuesday evening, Patidar Anamat Andolan Samiti (PAAS) leader Hardik Patel reiterated to fight against ruling BJP and claimed that irrespective of party-line politicians becoming MlAs just to take plots at cheaper rates from the State Government.
“The 182 legislators are not at fault and neither is CM or PM. It is us who elect such donkeys as our leaders,” said Patel urging the people that leaders from BJP as well as Congress would come to their village and try to entice them but vote where you want. Hardik raised issue of unemployment, increasing cost of education, health facilities and infrastructure in rural areas saying that people are not able to afford basic requirement due to privatisation in Gujarat.
The 24-year-old leader claimed that neither BJP nor Congress was giving due respect to the people of Gujarat and asked them not to sale their votes just for a sake of a plate of snack.
“People in India and across the globe have wrong belief about Gujaratis that they are claver as we are business community. But the fact is we are not as clever as they believe, otherwise we wouldn’t have voted to same people for the past two and half decades,” he said adding that in this elections people will have to decide whether they want to become stupid or fight for their rights.
He said that the BJP government in Gujarat had given nothing to farmers; even there was no subsidy on farm equipments in the state. Minimum Support Prices on agro commodities were too less in Gujarat, he claimed.
“I am not here to do politics. I don’t want your votes, but want to clarify that why Patidars wanted reservation,” he said. Immediately he asked the crowed that any how many sons and daughters of the village have become police inspectors, Mamalatdars, Patawaris and other government officers. And to his anticipation, people replied not a single!!!