Keshu ‘favours’ Joshi over Modi

Jun 11, 2012 |

Kankodakoi (Gujarat), June 10: Taking a dig at Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi, veteran BJP leader Keshubhai Patel on Sunday said that people of the state should beware of “braggarts”, while hailing ousted BJP leader Sanjay Joshi for his “dedication” towards the party.

Addressing the “Adivasi Adhikar Jagran” rally at Kankodakoi village in Panchmahals district, organised by a social organisation affiliated to Maha-Gujarat Janta Party of former BJP leader Gordhan Zadafia, Mr Patel said that “one should beware of lanpot sankh”, (a Gujarati proverb meaning person who gives false promises or brags).
Without taking Mr Modi’s name, Mr Patel urged the 82 lakh-strong tribal population in the state to bring around a change in Gujarat in the next Assembly elections due later this year.
In a bid to further whip up anti-Modi sentiment close on the heels of ouster of his bete noire Sanjay Joshi from the party, Mr Patel said Mr Joshi did not deserve such a treatment.
“Joshi who is committed and dedicated party worker should not have been treated in such humiliating manner,” he said. A former RSS pracharak and BJP general secretary Mr Joshi resigned from the party on Friday.

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