I want to be a common man, not CM: Hardik Patel
February 07, 2017  17:05
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In yet another WhatsApp message contradicting reports attributed to Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray that Hardik Patel will be the face of Shiv Sena's chief ministerial candidate in Gujarat Legislative Assembly elections, the Patidar leader Hardik Patel has clarified that he will not join politics unless he succeeds in his mission to get OBC quota reservations for Patels in Gujarat.


The message says: I have said this before and I am reiterating it here. Till the time I don't succeed in getting reservations and justice for the Patidars I will not join any political party or indulge in politicking. And at my age there is no question of fighting an election (He is 23 and the minimum age required to contest assembly and Lok Sabha election is 25). I am meeting people to canvass their support and not to do politics. I have my origins in a humble family. I have come to fight the battle of principles. I have come from a rural, farmer's family. I don't want to be 'CM'; I want to be a 'common man."
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