Hardik Patel who recently quit Congress joins BJP ahead of Gujarat polls

New Delhi, Jun 02: Hardik Patel who had resigned from the Congress last month on Thursday joined the BJP in Gandhinagar months ahead of the Gujarat elections.

Earlier, Patel said he is going to start a new chapter with the feelings of national interest , state interest, public interest and social interest.

In a tweet, he wrote,'' I will work as a small soldier in the noble work of service to the nation under the leadership of the successful Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi."

The Patidar leader will be inducted into the BJP by Gujarat party president CR Paatil. Patel's move comes ahead of the Gujarat Assembly elections due later this year.

After expressing his disappointment with the Congress for months, Hardik Patel on May 18 resigned from the party accusing the senior leadership of the Grand Old Party of disinterest in the real issues of Gujarat.

"It is a fact that Congress benefited immensely in the 2017 Assembly polls due to the Patidar quota agitation (led by him). However, I was not given any responsibility even after making me working president. I was not even invited to the key meetings of the party. It never arranged my press conference during the last three years," Hardik Patel said after he quit the Congress.