Surat: Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi on Friday reminded the Patidar community of police atrocities during their agitation seeking quota, and promised traders that his party would make changes to the GST to meet their demands if elected.
The Congress No.2 was addressing a rally in Varaccha, considered a stronghold of the Patel (or Patidar) community and was one of the epicentres of the Patidar quota agitation in 2015.
A huge crowd turned up to listen to Gandhi in the city, where the BJP had swept 15 out of 16 Assembly seats in the 2012 Gujarat elections. "This is a fight between the truth of Gujarat and the truth of BJP. The truth of Gujarat is different from that of BJP. The truth of BJP is the order to fire on the Patel community (during quota agitation)," Mr Gandhi said.
The Congress vice-president started his speech with the slogans used by Patel quota agitators, such as 'Jay Sardar, Jay Patidar' and 'Jai Bhavani'.
Surat recently witnessed an agitation by textile traders against the Goods and Services Tax (GST). "Modi-ji has ruined small and medium businessmen by introducing demonetisation and GST. If we come to power, we will listen to what you have to say. If you say that GST needs to be changed, we will change it," Mr Gandhi said.
BJP president Amit Shah's rally in the area was disrupted by Patidar protesters in September, 2016.
The Congress No.2 was addressing a rally in Varaccha, considered a stronghold of the Patel (or Patidar) community and was one of the epicentres of the Patidar quota agitation in 2015.
A huge crowd turned up to listen to Gandhi in the city, where the BJP had swept 15 out of 16 Assembly seats in the 2012 Gujarat elections. "This is a fight between the truth of Gujarat and the truth of BJP. The truth of Gujarat is different from that of BJP. The truth of BJP is the order to fire on the Patel community (during quota agitation)," Mr Gandhi said.
The Congress vice-president started his speech with the slogans used by Patel quota agitators, such as 'Jay Sardar, Jay Patidar' and 'Jai Bhavani'.
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Surat recently witnessed an agitation by textile traders against the Goods and Services Tax (GST). "Modi-ji has ruined small and medium businessmen by introducing demonetisation and GST. If we come to power, we will listen to what you have to say. If you say that GST needs to be changed, we will change it," Mr Gandhi said.
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BJP president Amit Shah's rally in the area was disrupted by Patidar protesters in September, 2016.
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