The political career of Hardik Patel started in August 2015 Patidar agitation in Gujarat when he was 22 years old. Patidars (Patels) are dominant upper caste, politically active and economically prosperous community in one of the most prosperous Gujarat state. So, by no parameters, they can get government reservations going by the rule book.
It was a political agitation of job reservation for Patidars probably planted by congress to embarrass Narendra Modi who became PM year back in May 2014. Later Hardik Patel joined congress to start his political innings. This is perfectly ok but there was big flaw in the process.
Within 3-4 days of intense Patidar agitation, thousands of buses and public properties were burnt in August 2015. PM Modi had to appeal to calm down and discuss the matter across the table. The total loss in the Gujarat state was staggering Rs 25000 Crore over a period of one year! This is certainly not the correct way to launch a political carrier.
But in India, things happen this way only. Remember VP Singh raised corruption issue against PM Rajiv Gandhi in mid-1980s when he was thrown out from central cabinet. VP Singh raised the issue of Bofors kickback and Rajiv Gandhi’s Swiss bank account. Rajiv Gandhi was assassinated and later prime suspect Quattrocchi of Italy also died and the investigation headed nowhere. Similarly, Arvind Kejriwal launched his political carrier in 2012 Anna Hazare anti-corruption and Lokpal agitation and made multiple promises like live in non-AC 2 room flat, commute by auto only etc. etc. All those promises proved fake when he became CM with massive mandate in 2015. Similarly, Hardik Patel forgot Patidar agitation issue after joining congress. After realising congress is sinking in Gujarat state, he joined BJP just before 2022 state assembly election and won the election and currently in BJP.
BJP should throw him out from BJP as he was responsible for Rs 25000 Crore economic loss in Patidar agitation. With a massive 156 seats win in 2022 out of 182 seat state assembly, BJP is sitting pretty. Even if Hardik Patel joins any other party or forms a new party with 4-5 followers, BJP will lose nothing. In state like UP, BJP CM Yogi Adityanath is extracting money from communal rioters by openly naming and shaming them and bulldozing their house who refuses to pay compensation. This is a correct approach to prevent property destruction by rioters. Even Supreme Court stated that rioters must pay up. Expressing concern over the loss of lives and damage to public property during agitations, the Supreme Court on 28 November 2017 asked Centre to create courts in every state and union territory to fix accountability for vandalism and compensate the victims of such violent protests. The top court suggested to the Centre that one or more district judges should be given responsibilities in consultation with respective High Courts to prosecute and fix civil liabilities on those responsible for such mayhem.
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This is called ‘chalta hai culture’ in Hindi which means ‘work in progress for decades’. This is the ‘sarkari’ way of doing things that India observed since independence. Women’s reservation bill was first mooted by ex-PM Rajiv Gandhi in 1989 but remained in paper for decades until made law in 2023. Sushma Swaraj’s soul will be happy today There are many examples like this. GST was drafted during UPA era by West Bengal Finance Minister Amit Mitra (Ph. D. from Duke University on Economics) but implemented by Arun Jeiley of BJP during Modi 1.0 government. New Parliament building built by Tata Projects for Rs 862 Crore within two years despite Covid-19 pandemic is an example of timely project execution. If congress would have don’t it, it may took two decades and 10 times cost escalation cur to corruption. A 16-17 KM Calcutta (now Kolkata) Metro took two decades (initiated in early 1970s, partly opened in 1984 and complete 1st phase by early 1990s). This is called congress slow speed. 17
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