'Will work as PM Modi's soldier': Hardik Patel says on the day of BJP induction

Ahead of his joining the BJP, former Congress activist Hardik Patel said that he will work as Prime Minister Narendra Modi's soldier in his new political chapter. Patel will join the BJP at 12pm on Thursday.

"Today, I am going to start a new chapter keeping in mind the interest of the nation, region, society and community. I will work as a small soldier in the development work of the nation being carried out under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi," he said in the tweet.

Patel had, in 2015, led a violent agitation seeking quota for his Patidar community and was a strong critic of the BJP in the past.

He had joined the Congress in 2019 and was later made the state unit's working president. 

Of late, he has been praising the BJP's decision-making capacity and functioning while severely criticising the Congress leadership.

He alleged the Congress leadership was not serious and "not really interested" in hearing about problems of people in Gujarat, "but were more engrossed on what messages they had received on their mobile...".