Gujarat OBC leader joins Cong, BJP ropes in Patidar leaders
Ahead of the Gujarat Assembly elections, Thakore community leader and national convenor of OBC Ekta Manch, Alpesh Thakore on Saturday announced that he will be joining the Congress party. Meanwhile, Patidar leaders Reshma Patel and Varun Patel have joined the BJP. Earlier in the day, Patidar leader Hardik Patel rejected Congress' offer to jointly contest the election against the BJP.