These 3 Young Turks Could Disrupt the Caste Calculation in Poll-bound Gujarat

Ahmedabad: Over the past couple of years, three young leaders from the Patidar, OBC and Dalit communities have made quite an impact in Gujarat, so much so that the state BJP is worried and making notes to tackle them.

While Hardik Patel, convener of the Patidar Anamat Andolan Samiti (PAAS) and Jignesh Mevani, convener of the Rashtriya Dalit Adhikar Manch have openly declared their anti-BJP stand, Alpesh Thakor, convener of the Kshatriya Thakor Sena, is yet to reveal his cards.

OBCs account for about 51 percent of the Gujarat population and are likely to impact as many as 110 seats out of the 182 in Gujarat Assembly.

The feisty Patidar youth has always maintained that he will not join any political party until his demand for reservation is met. However, it does look like the staunch supporters of the Patidar Anamat Andolan Samiti is inclined towards the Congress as Hardik Patel and his supporters have made it very apparent that they will vote against the BJP in the forthcoming Assembly elections.