{"id":345647,"date":"2023-09-14T13:01:00","date_gmt":"2023-09-14T18:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/?p=345647"},"modified":"2023-09-14T13:30:34","modified_gmt":"2023-09-14T19:00:34","slug":"gujarat-cong-leader-prashant-patel-resigns-set-to-join-bjp-on-pm-modis-birthday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/gujarat-cong-leader-prashant-patel-resigns-set-to-join-bjp-on-pm-modis-birthday\/","title":{"rendered":"<strong>Gujarat Cong leader Prashant Patel resigns, set to join BJP on PM Modi&#8217;s birthday<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"225\" height=\"225\" src=\"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/gujrat.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-345648\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2023\/09\/gujrat.jpg 225w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2023\/09\/gujrat-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Former Vadodara Congress chief Prashant Patel, who has officially parted ways with the grand-old party, is scheduled to join the BJP on September 17, coinciding with the birthday of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Patel, who has served the Congress, conveyed his resignation via a letter addressed to State party chief Shaktisinh Gohil.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Recent developments also saw Gujarat Congress&#8217; newly appointed in-charge, Mukul Wasnik, visit Vadodara alongside Gohil.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This visit marked Wasnik&#8217;s inaugural organisational tour in his new role.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Reportedly, both Wasnik and Gohil attempted to dissuade Patel from defecting, but in vain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Patel has expressed his intention to make the transition to the BJP alongside a substantial contingent of party workers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Moreover, indications suggest that former city Congress chief Suresh Patel and another prominent city party figure, Bhavesh Patel, are also poised to align themselves with the BJP, mirroring Prashant Patel&#8217;s decision.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In his statement , Prashant Patel reflected on the nation&#8217;s historical trajectory, noting that &#8220;India had been governed by Mughals, British colonialists, and the Congress party, but now finds itself under the governance of Hindutva&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He emphasised that &#8220;Hindutva should not be misconstrued as a threat to any segment of society&#8221;, asserting that under its auspices, all citizens would thrive and experience happiness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Prashant Patel also voiced his disapproval of certain Congress and alliance leaders who, he claimed, &#8220;openly criticised Sanatan Hindu dharma, terming such rhetoric as unacceptable&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He further opined that in the annals of India&#8217;s future history, the era of Hindutva rule under Prime Minister Modi would be remembered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Prashant Patel emphasised that his decision to leave the Congress party was not &#8220;rooted in personal grievances but was, instead, a consequence of his disagreement with the party&#8217;s ideological stance&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It is speculated that the Patels are disheartened, particularly following the appointment of Rutvij Joshi as the city Congress chief.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Vadodara Congress chief Prashant Patel, who has officially parted ways with the grand-old party, is scheduled to join the BJP on September 17, coinciding with the birthday of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Patel, who has served the Congress, conveyed his resignation via a letter addressed to State party chief Shaktisinh Gohil. Recent developments also [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":59,"featured_media":345648,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[36],"tags":[16188,16003,15521,17308],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/345647"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/users\/59"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=345647"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/345647\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":345649,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/345647\/revisions\/345649"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/media\/345648"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=345647"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=345647"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=345647"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}