New Delhi: On Friday, Gujarat High court rejects Congress leader Hardik Patel's plea seeking suspension of his conviction in a rioting case of 2015 in Mehsana. As per the Representation of the People Act, 1951, Hardik Patel won't be able to contest the upcoming Lok Sabha Election due to his conviction. Patidar leader Patel urged the people to fight against "thieves" in the country like Bengali freedom fighter Subhas Bose fought against the British.  Gujarat Patidar leader Hardik Patel on Saturday said while Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose had given a call to fight against the 'goro' (Britishers) "we are fighting against 'choro' (thieves)."

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Patidar  thanked West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for bringing all major opposition leaders on one platform and pointing towards 'jansalab' (mass gathering) said it was an indication that BJP is on its way out of power. The machinations of the grand alliance for the General Elections have been set afoot with this mega rally. Leaders from more than 22 national and regional political parties which include a former prime minister and several union ministers, sitting chief ministers and former chief ministers are present in the rally.

ahead of the December 2017 Assembly elections in Gujarat, around five videos, purportedly showing Patel with women, had surfaced on social media platforms. And further it need to state that the 25-year-old Patidar quota agitation spearhead had then claimed all the videos were "fake and morphed". To be noted that in the photo, a person resembling Patel can be seen sitting on the bed with a girl and it is accompanied by a caption - "Welcome our new leader". According to Gujarat Congress spokesperson Manish Doshi, the website, "http://www.gujaratcongress.in", was taken down immediately by the party's IT team after spotting the "mischief". It is worth mentioning here that Doshi, adding the party may file a police complaint said "Our website was hacked. Someone put a photo of Hardik Patel on it. Here need to state that we have shut down the website immediately. It will become online soon. This might be the handiwork of those who did not like Hardik's entry into the Congress,".

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