Patidars celebrated the routing of BJP in the Bihar assembly elections Sunday and their leaders vowed to repeat the same in the upcoming elections of local bodies in Gujarat. Firecrackers were burst at a number of places in the state and the leaders of Patidar reservation said that everything would be done to defeat the BJP candidates in the local polls scheduled on November 22 and 29.

Varun Patel, chief spokesperson of Sardar Patel Group (SPG) which started the agitation, said that the celebration took place at various places in Mehsana, Vijapur, Surat, Unjha, Modhera, Visnagar, Mandal etc..

In Ahmedabad, he added, the Patidar community celebrated BJP routing in areas like Bopal, Vastral, Nikol, Ghatlodia and Akhbarnagar.

At one such celebration in Bopal, convener of Patidar Anamat Andolan Samiti (PAAS) Atul Patel said that BJP had got a strong echo in Bihar of what they did to Patidars in Gujarat.

“They will realise as to what happens when they commit atrocity on Patidars,” Atul said.

He added that all the Patidar leaders associated with the reservation stir have decided to do whatever was required to defeat a BJP candidate in the local body elections even if the candidate was a Patidar.

“Out of her arrogance and ego, Anandiben Patel (Chief Minister) refused to accept our memorandum during the rally. That is why Patels are very angry with her. Now, to make sure that martyrdom of nine Patels does not go in vain, we have decided to reply through ballot in response to their bullets fired on us,” he said.

Varun said, “Patidars would not go for NOTA. They will vote for the strongest candidate against the BJP candidate in the upcoming polls.”

On the Bihar results, Varun said, “Amit Shah ji knew that Gujarat would burst crackers after Bhartiya Janata Party’s (BJP) defeat in Bihar and therefore, he made an unsuccessful attempt to stop us from bursting crackers by saying that at BJP’s defeat crackers would be burst in Pakistan.”

(With PTI)

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