A Mehsana citizen claims, "Things have changed in the past 10-15 days and BJP will regain the community's support by polling time." "We are convincing the youth about Congress misrule, which they haven't seen," Patel says. BJP has fielded 52 Patels and Congress 47.Among Patels, BJP has 29 Leuva subcaste candidates and 23 from Kadva. Banking heavily on Hardik, Congress has fielded 26 Leuva and 21 Kadvas. It was Modi and Amit Shah who let Patels down as they removed Kesubhai and Anandiben as CMs," he says.

Source: Times of India December 01, 2017 23:03 UTC