Ahmedabad: Patidar leader Hardik Patel was on Friday slapped at a public meeting in Surendranagar district in Gujarat by a man who alleged Patel was playing politics with the sentiments of the community.
Patel was addressing an election rally described as a ‘Jan Aakrosh Sabha’ at Baldana village when a man identified as Tarun Gajjar from Kadi town in North Gujarat climbed up the stage and slapped him.
An angry Gajjar was heard saying that 14 Patidar youngsters had been killed in 2015 during Hardik Patel’s agitation for reservations to the community but now the latter was playing politics over it.
Gajjar was later overpowered by Congress workers who thrashed him and took him away from the venue of the rally.
Hardik Patel, who later lodged a complaint at the Wadhvan police station, said: “This was the handiwork of the BJP, and the party may someday send someone to shoot me but our fight will continue.”