In the run-up to the upcoming assembly elections, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) is stepping up its efforts to make its ‘Mission Patidar’ a success. Today, three well-known Patidar community figures are scheduled to join the party in the presence of Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal.
On Sunday, young Patidar leaders Alpesh Kathiriya and Dharmik Malviya, both of whom are from the Koli Patel clan, will join the AAP. Naresh Patel, the head of the Khodaldham trust, is close with Dharmik. Previously, Naresh Patel was sought after by every party in Gujarat. Khodaldham’s trust head for Surat was appointed as Dharmik.
In Bhavnagar, Raju Solanki, a Koli Patel, will join the AAP. Young Koli Patels are drawn to Raju Solanki because of his fame. Raju Solanki is a Saurashtra with a large Koli Patel support base. He is connected to the Veer Mandhata faction of the Koli Samaj.
Dharmik Malviya and Alpesh Kathiriya, two prominent Patidars, will join the AAP in Gariyadhar. In the Patidar agitation, Alpesh Kathiriya came in second place behind Hardik Patel. He now strongly disagrees with Hardik Patel, though.
AAP is poised to have a strong hold on the Patidar vote with all three of the community’s young leaders on its side.
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