OBC leader Alpesh Thakor with Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi in Gandhinagar on Monday. Photo: Siddharaj Solanki/HTAhmedabad: New caste equations are taking shape in Gujarat as the state heads for assembly elections later this year. At Navsarjan Gujarat Janadesh, the OBC rally attended by thousands of supporters, Gandhi said Gujarat has seen various uprisings in the last few years. Gandhi said Patel leader Hardik Patel and Dalit leader Jignesh Mevani have a voice, and this voice can’t be restrained or cannot be bought, as that voice is inside every Gujarati. “While the BJP has suffered a setback in 2015 local body elections due to the Patel agitation, the situation has changed a lot in two years.

Source: Mint October 23, 2017 16:07 UTC