Quota agitation leader Hardik Patel’s former aide Chirag Patel on Thursday said he will float a political party and contest the Gujarat Assembly polls due later this year. He alleged that both the parties are “shying away from taking up the issues concerning the Patel community.”The Assembly polls in Gujarat are expected to be held later this year. Claiming that several people have expressed the willingness to join the proposed political party, he said its name will be declared once the Election Commission gives its nod. “I have not taken any decision yet on the number of seats on which my party would field candidates in the Assembly polls,” Chirag said. In the past, Hardik had said on many occasions that he does not have any political ambitions and would neither float a party nor will contest the polls.

Source: Hindustan Times April 06, 2017 12:11 UTC