Patidar leader Hardik Patel, who actively campaigned against the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the recently-concluded Assembly elections in Gujarat, on Saturday attempted to woo the 'sulking' Deputy Chief Minister Nitin Patel. Hardik also exhorted BJP's Patel leaders to back the deputy chief minister. "If the BJP is not respecting Patels, then they should leave the party and should accompany Nitin Patel," he said. The senior BJP leader wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP chief Amit Shah on Friday evening listing his demands. Also read 'Sulking' Nitin Patel keeps off officeHowever, Patel has denied writing any such letter, but accepted that he has expressed his disagreement.

Source: dna December 30, 2017 09:45 UTC