Gujarat Assembly polls: Former Patidar quota agitation chief Alpesh Kathiriya joins AAP

By PTI

BHAVNAGAR: Alpesh Kathiriya, a distinguished Patidar chief who was a part of the 2015 agitation for reservation to the neighborhood in Gujarat, on Sunday joined the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) within the state, the place the Assembly polls are due this year-end.

He joined the AAP within the presence of the social gathering’s nationwide convener and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal throughout an election rally in Gariadhar metropolis of Bhavnagar district.

Kathiriya is a convener of Patidar Anamat Andolan Samiti (PAAS), an outfit that had organised state-wide agitation demanding Other Backward Class (OBC) standing and reservation in authorities jobs and academic establishments to the youth from the Patidar neighborhood.

He joined the AAP alongside together with his good friend and PAAS co-convener Dharmik Malaviya and different members of the organisation.

Kathiriya mentioned all of them really feel that the AAP will present them the suitable discussion board to work for the reason for nation-building by social work.

“All of us will have to come forward in this struggle for the community, for our pride, for the nation, for better education, health and corruption-free good governance. Your support is required,” Kathiriya mentioned in his tackle on the election rally following his induction.

“The greater the struggle, the bigger the victory,” mentioned Kathiriya, who confronted greater than 22 circumstances, together with that of sedition, for his involvement within the 2015 reservation agitation and spent over 14 months in jail earlier than being launched on bail.

Kathiriya is a good friend of Hardik Patel, a former convener of PAAS who jumped into the political enviornment by first becoming a member of the Congress the place served as its working president earlier than resigning to hitch the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).

Kathiriya was the face of the Patidar reservation agitation in Surat and was jailed in a sedition case that was registered in opposition to him by the Surat police.

He was previously related to the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP), the coed wing of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS).

After inducting him and others, Kejriwal mentioned, “I welcome Kathiriya and Malaviya in AAP. Both are youth leaders, and the future of India is in the hands of youth. They are struggling leaders who fought a long battle for the rights of youths and went to jail.”

Earlier within the day, distinguished Koli neighborhood chief Raju Solanki and his son Brajraj Solanki joined the AAP in Kejriwal’s presence at Bhavnagar metropolis.

The Election Commission is prone to announce the schedule for the polls to the 182-member Gujarat Legislative Assembly this week.

BHAVNAGAR: Alpesh Kathiriya, a distinguished Patidar chief who was a part of the 2015 agitation for reservation to the neighborhood in Gujarat, on Sunday joined the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) within the state, the place the Assembly polls are due this year-end.

He joined the AAP within the presence of the social gathering’s nationwide convener and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal throughout an election rally in Gariadhar metropolis of Bhavnagar district.

Kathiriya is a convener of Patidar Anamat Andolan Samiti (PAAS), an outfit that had organised state-wide agitation demanding Other Backward Class (OBC) standing and reservation in authorities jobs and academic establishments to the youth from the Patidar neighborhood.

He joined the AAP alongside together with his good friend and PAAS co-convener Dharmik Malaviya and different members of the organisation.

Kathiriya mentioned all of them really feel that the AAP will present them the suitable discussion board to work for the reason for nation-building by social work.

“All of us will have to come forward in this struggle for the community, for our pride, for the nation, for better education, health and corruption-free good governance. Your support is required,” Kathiriya mentioned in his tackle on the election rally following his induction.

“The greater the struggle, the bigger the victory,” mentioned Kathiriya, who confronted greater than 22 circumstances, together with that of sedition, for his involvement within the 2015 reservation agitation and spent over 14 months in jail earlier than being launched on bail.

Kathiriya is a good friend of Hardik Patel, a former convener of PAAS who jumped into the political enviornment by first becoming a member of the Congress the place served as its working president earlier than resigning to hitch the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).

Kathiriya was the face of the Patidar reservation agitation in Surat and was jailed in a sedition case that was registered in opposition to him by the Surat police.

He was previously related to the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP), the coed wing of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS).

After inducting him and others, Kejriwal mentioned, “I welcome Kathiriya and Malaviya in AAP. Both are youth leaders, and the future of India is in the hands of youth. They are struggling leaders who fought a long battle for the rights of youths and went to jail.”

Earlier within the day, distinguished Koli neighborhood chief Raju Solanki and his son Brajraj Solanki joined the AAP in Kejriwal’s presence at Bhavnagar metropolis.

The Election Commission is prone to announce the schedule for the polls to the 182-member Gujarat Legislative Assembly this week.