Ahmedabad, Oct 23 (IANS): In a sting operation of sorts, Patidar leader from North Gujarat Narendra Patel on Sunday dropped a bombshell, presenting wads of currency notes and alleged the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) tried to buy him.
The allegation has come just a day after two Patidar leaders joined the BJP.
Narendra Patel, who had last month lodged a police complaint against Hardik Patel and three supporters in Patan in North Gujarat and later withdrew it, told a press conference that Patidar leader Varun Patel who joined the BJP on Saturday evening, took him to meet Gujarat BJP President Jitubhai Vaghani and other leaders on Sunday.
"Varun took me around in Gandhinagar and then took me to Shree Kamalam office of the BJP and introduced me to Jitubhai Vaghani and some ministers. He then took me to a room and handed over a bag of Rs 10 lakh cash as token and promised to pay me Rs 90 lakh tomorrow after a party function which I was required to attend," Patel told a crowded a press conference late on Sunday.
Narendra Patel 'joined' the BJP just a couple of hours earlier before he made the allegations, and was welcomed with a saffron scarf in front of media cameras.
He said: "It all happened in so much hurry, they immediately called the media to present me and I had to make that show."
"They made a deal of Rs 1 crore on me. One crore? Even if they bestow the entire Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on me, I will not be bought over. Even if I have to die, fighting for the cause," Patel claimed.
Narendra Patel is the convenor of North Gujarat, Patidar Anamat Andolan Samiti (PAAS), of Hardik Patel.
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N.M, Mangalore
Mon, Oct 23 2017Operation Kamala by BJP - Part 2.
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prem, moodbidri
Mon, Oct 23 2017BJP is worried as Patidar community in Gujarat started singing.. "Hamaari bhool... kamal ka fool"
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Stan, Udupi/Dubai
Mon, Oct 23 2017BJP mukth bharath is the only way forward.
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Aubb, Kuwait
Tue, Oct 24 2017Jai Hind!!!
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Mahathma, Mangalore
Mon, Oct 23 2017These are all Looters game!!!
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Comman, Man
Mon, Oct 23 2017Proved their culture..???
90% BJP has lost their hopes in Gujrat after Ahmed Patels win and there is no way except from back door (hook or cook). If they ruled cleaned and development project they do no want to do so... just look at our Sidduji how confident bcoz of clean govt,
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Comman, Man
Mon, Oct 23 2017Proved their culture..???
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Roshan, Mangaluru
Mon, Oct 23 2017BJP done it in Karnataka, shamelessly under Yuddi. Entire karnataka watched this dirty game with dis-belief and contempt. Despite overwhelming evidence, BJP blamed others, but people realized they are guilty.
BJP, learnt from that experience, improved and doing the same operation around the country. A politicians greed for money and power is known to everyone.
Till the time people won't dump BJP and the leaders who are hopping parties for greed of power, must be forced to loose. Only then there could be a chance for development.
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NITIN, KARKALA
Mon, Oct 23 2017if he was offerd 1 crores by BJP then how many crores have offerd to Goa MLA's to prove majority when they had short of MLA's
then DMonitization for whom?? for me and you general public who stood on ques months to get new notes.
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Sheikh, Karkala
Mon, Oct 23 2017Chi chi tu tu
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Jossey Saldanha, Mumbai
Mon, Oct 23 2017I remember Modi saying in 2014 'Na Khaunga Na Khane Dunga' ...
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Ponkra, Dubai
Mon, Oct 23 2017Garibi Hatao. Garibi Hatao desh bachao ("Abolish poverty, save the nation") was the theme and slogan of Indira Gandhi's 1971 election bid and later also used by her son Rajiv Gandhi. Still....................
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Harold D'cunha, Mangalore, India
Mon, Oct 23 2017Garibee hatao was late Indira Gandhi's slogan in 1971. She had to a great extent helped the poor by distributing rations, land to landless people.
In Karnataka, it was under Devaraj Urs, this was implemented and those who have benefited under this scheme, today happened to be the detractors of Congress party. Most of them have forgotton andac many of them are carried by religious fanatism, development hype.
I still salute late Indira Gandhi for her Garibee hatao slogan and she had put this into action.
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