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Indian Express
07-07-2025
- Politics
- Indian Express
Chaitar Vasava arrest: Congress MLA Anant Patel backs AAP leader, calls for ‘united protest' by tribal communities
The camaraderie between Congress MLA Anant Patel and AAP MLA Chaitar Vasava—both prominent tribal leaders in Gujarat—is well known. Now, following Vasava's arrest by the Narmada police, Patel has come out in support of him, urging tribal organisations and communities across the state to unite and protest. On Saturday, an alleged scuffle between Vasava and BJP leader Sanjay Vasava during a meeting at the taluka panchayat office ended up in the arrest in Gujarat's Narmada district on Saturday. Patel, who represents the Vansda constituency in Navsari, posted a video on social media on Monday, appealing to people to join a protest in solidarity with Dediapada MLA Vasava. In the purported video, Patel said, 'The tribal MLA Chaitarbhai Vasava is popular for taking up the issues of tribal (communities) against the state government and their officials to create pressure on the administration and get justice.' He alleged, 'The Narmada police illegally arrested Chaitar Vasava on Saturday. Just a few days ago, Chaitar Vasava and I had jointly carried out a successful protest against DGVCL officials, who were not giving jobs to tribal and OBC youths who were on the merit list and cleared written and practical exams conducted by DGVCL since January.' Accusing the ruling BJP of using the police for political ends, Patel said, 'The BJP uses the police department as their workers… We oppose the stance taken by the state government. We have decided to organise a protest march called Nyay Yatra in the coming days in support of the tribal MLA, and will gherao the Dediapada police station. We are seeking support from all tribal organisations across Gujarat, including political leaders, to back us in a march against the arrest of Chaitar Vasava. The tribal community has never bowed down and will not do so in the future.' Speaking to The Indian Express, Patel reiterated, 'We have called a meeting of all the leaders of tribal organisations in South Gujarat and Central Gujarat and are planning to carry out a protest in favour of Chaitar Vasava. We are supporting him as a tribal MLA and not as an AAP MLA. We are working on bringing all tribal leaders on a single platform in support of Vasava.'
New Indian Express
07-06-2025
- Politics
- New Indian Express
Uttarakhand Congress: Old wounds resurface as Harak Singh Rawat blames Harish Rawat for 2022 election defeat
Harak said he had advised Harish Rawat at the time to avoid internal conflicts and to focus on giving tickets to winnable candidates. 'Even family members are not truly your own, so talking about 'mine and yours' in politics is meaningless. Politics is about results those who win are the conquerors,' he said. Referring to the 2016 incident, Harak added, 'Harish Rawat has not forgiven me for what happened. But I didn't join Congress in 2022 by choice it was the 2016 event that exposed the truth to those blinded by power.' In a sharp rebuttal, Harish Rawat said, 'If I hadn't intervened, Harak Singh wouldn't have rejoined Congress. I respected his request.' He challenged Harak to prove his worth by winning a single seat, saying that might help heal the bitterness from 2016. Harish also pointed out that Harak was 'nowhere to be seen' during the recent Lok Sabha elections. 'Harak Singh needs to understand the pain we felt in 2016. That year, democracy and the spirit of Uttarakhand were betrayed. The BJP came to power because of that event,' he said. He added that his current campaign, the 'Nyay Yatra', is aimed at exposing BJP's lies, corruption, and injustice, which have damaged the state.
