Hardik Patel, the working president of the Congress in Gujarat, has dropped the party name from his Twitter bio, appearing to hint at his exit just months before elections in the State.
"Working President of the Gujarat Congress" is now missing from Hardik Patel's bio, which says: "Proud Indian Patriot. Social and Political Activist. Committed to a better India." The Congress's "hand" symbol has also been removed.
Over the past few years, Congress leaders who have exited the party have usually dropped the first hint by changing their Twitter bio.
The 28-year-old Patidar leader has been complaining of being "ignored" by the Congress and its top leaders in Gujarat. He even compared it to the feeling of a "groom forced into nasbandi (vasectomy)".
He has so far denied, however, that he is on his way out of the party he joined in
2019.
Last month, Hardik Patel worried his party bosses even more when he went a step further and praised the BJP, saying, "some things are good about the BJP and we must acknowledge that."