Ahmedabad:
Former Gujarat chief minister Keshubhai Patel, who has been openly attending rallies of dissident BJP leaders, is in Delhi to raise a pitch of his campaign against Narendra Modi.
He met senior party leader LK Advani at his residence. He refused to reveal what transpired in the meeting saying it is the party's "internal matter".
"Tonight, I will meet Murali Manohar ji. Gadkari ji is in Nagpur attending his son's wedding, so I will go to his residence and keep the written documents that I have to give." Mr Patel had said earlier today before leaving for Delhi.
The decision to visit Delhi came after a meeting of an anti-Modi faction at Mr Patel's residence in Gandhinagar last evening. Mr Patel and other BJP leaders, including those who left the party, have started a campaign against Mr Modi in the election year.
"This meeting is a very crucial phase of our decision-making process. Our future course of action will depend upon the outcome of the meeting that we will have with party's central leadership," said former chief minister Suresh Mehta, who was also present at yesterday's meeting at Mr Patel's residence.
Though the anti-Modi camp is not hopeful of getting any major reprieve from BJP's Central leadership, they want to go step by step, sources said.
Mr Patel, who was unceremoniously removed from the chief minister's post in 2001 and was replaced by Mr Modi, has decided this time to fight against him, by banking on the numerically-strong Patel community.
In the last few months, Mr Patel has openly criticised Mr Modi at various public meetings. He had alleged that the people of Gujarat, especially the members of his Patel community, were living in fear under Modi rule.
He met senior party leader LK Advani at his residence. He refused to reveal what transpired in the meeting saying it is the party's "internal matter".
"Tonight, I will meet Murali Manohar ji. Gadkari ji is in Nagpur attending his son's wedding, so I will go to his residence and keep the written documents that I have to give." Mr Patel had said earlier today before leaving for Delhi.
The decision to visit Delhi came after a meeting of an anti-Modi faction at Mr Patel's residence in Gandhinagar last evening. Mr Patel and other BJP leaders, including those who left the party, have started a campaign against Mr Modi in the election year.
"This meeting is a very crucial phase of our decision-making process. Our future course of action will depend upon the outcome of the meeting that we will have with party's central leadership," said former chief minister Suresh Mehta, who was also present at yesterday's meeting at Mr Patel's residence.
Though the anti-Modi camp is not hopeful of getting any major reprieve from BJP's Central leadership, they want to go step by step, sources said.
Mr Patel, who was unceremoniously removed from the chief minister's post in 2001 and was replaced by Mr Modi, has decided this time to fight against him, by banking on the numerically-strong Patel community.
In the last few months, Mr Patel has openly criticised Mr Modi at various public meetings. He had alleged that the people of Gujarat, especially the members of his Patel community, were living in fear under Modi rule.
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