Hardik Patel
Hardik Patel drops Congress post from Twitter bio
Ahmedabad/IBNS: Gujarat Congress working president Hardik Patel has dropped the party's name from his Twitter bio, which apparently hints at his exit just months before assembly elections in the state.
Patel removed "Working President of the Gujarat Congress" from his bio, which says: "Proud Indian Patriot. Social and Political Activist. Committed to a better India."
Congress's "hand" symbol has also been removed.
Earlier, he had publicly lashed out against his bosses.
Patel, who was inducted into the Congress by Rahul Gandhi just before the 2017 Gujarat election, had exposed the internal turmoil in the grand old party as he accused the leadership of sidelining him.
He had alleged that he is not invited to any meeting of the state Congress unit and he is never consulted before decisions.
"My position in the party is that of a new groom who has been made to undergo nasbandi (vasectomy)," he was quoted as telling the Indian Express last month.
The Patidar leader is also believed to be upset at the way the party has handled the induction of another leader of the community, Naresh Patel.
"The talk doing the rounds on the induction of Naresh Patel in the Congress is insulting for the entire community. It has been over two months now. Why has no decision been taken yet? The Congress high command or local leadership should take a quick decision about Naresh Patel's induction," he had said.
His comments and now his dropping of post on Twitter can be deeply troubling for Congress ahead of the polls in which the party is in a direct fight with the ruling BJP.
Elections in Gujarat, the home state of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, are due in December.
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