My desire is to work at ground level in Gujarat: Hardik Patel

The Congress has appointed Patidar youth leader Hardik Patel as the working president of the party’s Gujarat unit. With this, Hardik has become the youngest leader in the party to have held such a senior post in Gujarat. In a special interaction with ETV Bharat, Hardik Patel said thaṭ he got the chance to serve for the people of Gujarat.

Gujarat: The Congress has recently appointed Patidar youth leader Hardik Patel as the working president of the party’s Gujarat unit and this elevation marks yet another milestone in the public life of the young leader.

In a special interaction with ETV Bharat, Hardik Patel said, "Our first goal is to work on people's issues. We will work on their issues and with this, we will be able to form a government. There is a lot of problem in the country, we will keep working on it."

"We will prepare the strategy for the progress and development of the people. Our goal is simple. We will fight on the issue of unemployment. We will fight on the issues of farmers and give them the right price for the crops. We will also work on women safety and provide protection to women. We will raise questions, fight on all several issues and only then, the government will resolve these issues," Patel said.

Recently, eight MLAs of Gujarat Congress have resigned. Speaking in this regard, Patel said," The MLAs have not resigned due to being upset on the party. They have resigned for money and to join BJP in future. We will win eight seats in the by-election. We will go to every place and will come back in 2022."

"My target is to visit 16,000 villages and meet all the workers who have fallen silent in their homes and rejuvenate them. There are many senior workers who have been committed to the party ideology but have gone silent for some of the other reasons. I would want to reach out to each one of them and bring them out, listen and understand the issues so that in 2022, we don’t come out as a party of just opposition, but one offering solutions. We have qualified people in the party who can provide specific solutions to the everyday problems of people," he added.

Hardik reportedly had a long meeting with Congress president Sonia Gandhi earlier and had expressed his desire to work at the ground level in Gujarat. The Congress on Saturday decided to name Hardik Patel as working president of its Gujarat unit and Hardik has become the youngest leader in the Congress to have held such a senior post in Gujarat.