Gujarat assembly elections 2017: Two Hardik Patel supporters join BJP

We respect as well as endorse the cause for which Hardik Patel is fighting. I appeal to Hardik to support the Congress during the polls.

There was a lot of drama in Gujarat as two aides of Hardik Patel joined the BJP. The two leaders joined the party just a few hours after the Congress wooed Patel into its fold.

Reshma Patel and Varun Patel met with BJP chief Amit Shah at Ahmedabad and made their decision to join the party which is in power in the state since the past 2 decades.

Earlier Gujarat Congress chief Bharatsinh Solanki said at a presser that he was confident that his party would win at least 125 seats. The BJP is trying to win the elections, but the Congress will stop its victory march, Solanki also said.

We respect as well as endorse the cause for which Hardik Patel is fighting. I appeal to Hardik to support the Congress during the polls. We are also ready to give him a ticket if he wants to fight elections in the future," Solanki told reporters.

However, speaking to ANI, Patel said that he could not contest elections because of his age, but agreed with the Congress to unite against the BJP.

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