‘Congress is Limited to Politics of Protests Only’, writes Hardik Patel in his Resignation Letter

GG News Bureau

Ahmedabad, 18^th May. Gujarat Congress Committee working president Hardik Patel has resigned from the party’s membership. Speculations were widespread about Hardik Patel quitting Congress ever since he had praised the BJP government for revoking Article 370 and the construction of Ram Mandir.

Patel shared his resignation on social media. In his resignation letter written in Hindi, Gujarati and English, he has made many serious allegations against the Congress.

The young leader in his letter stated, this is the 21st century and India is the youngest country in the world. The youth of the country want capable and strong leadership. For the last almost 3 years, I have found that the Congress party has been limited to the politics of protest only, while the people of the country need an alternative that thinks about their future, and has the ability to take the country forward. Whether it is the temple of Lord Shri Ram in Ayodhya, the issue of CAA-NRC, whether it is the removal of Article 370 from Jammu and Kashmir or the implementation of GST, the country wanted a solution to them for a long time but the Congress party has only created hindrances in it.

Be it India, Gujarat or Patel community, the stand of the Congress on every issue was limited to opposing the central government only. Congress has been rejected by the people in almost every state of the country because the Congress party and the leadership of the party could not even present a basic roadmap to the public, the letter read.

The lack of seriousness towards any issue in the top leadership of the Congress party is a big issue. Whenever I met the top leadership of the party, it seemed that the focus of the leadership was on mobile and other things more than listening to the problems of the people of Gujarat and the party, the letter stated.

The letter further stated, whenever the country was in trouble or Congress needed leadership the most, our leaders were abroad. Top leadership is behaving towards Gujarat as if they hate Gujarat and Gujaratis. In such a situation, how does the Congress expect the people of Gujarat to see them as an alternative?

Hardik in his letter said, it hurts when workers like us travel 500-600 kms a day at our own expense, go to the public and then see that the big leaders of Gujarat are away from the issues of the people and only interested in whether the leader who came from Delhi got his chicken sandwich on time or not.

Whenever I went among the youth, everyone said the same thing: why are you in a party that only insults Gujaratis in every way, whether it is in the field of industry, whether it is in the religious field, whether it is in the field of politics. I think the Congress party has broken the trust of the youth also because of which no youth today wants to be seen with the Congress.

He said, today, everyone in Gujarat knows how the big leaders of Congress deliberately undermined the issues of the people of Gujarat and in return have availed themselves of huge economic benefits. The political ideology may be different, but the auction of senior Congress leaders in this way is a big betrayal with the people of the state.

He added, it is the religion of every person in active politics to keep working for the public. But it is a matter of regret that the Congress party does not want to do anything good for the people of Gujarat.

That’s why when I wanted to do something for Gujarat, the party only hated me. I had never thought that the leadership of the Congress party keeps such animosity towards our state, our society and especially the youth.

Speculations are widespread that Hardik Patel might join the Bharatiya Janata Party after he had praised the BJP government for revoking Article 370 and the construction of Ram Mandir.

It will be interesting to know what would be the next political move of Hardik Patel.