Gujarat Congress working president Hardik Patel on Wednesday announced his resignation from the primary membership of the party ahead of the Assembly polls due by the year-end.
The 28-year-old firebrand Patidar leader took to Twitter to announce his decision and said that he will be able to positively work for Gujarat after this move.
Patel submitted his resignation letter to Congress president Sonia Gandhi.
"Today, after mustering courage, I am resigning from the party post and primary membership of the Congress. I hope my followers and people of Gujarat will welcome my step. I believe that I will be able to serve the state better after this step," he tweeted.
On may 2, Patel had removed his designation and party poll symbol of 'hand' from his Twitter profile amid mounting speculation about his next political move after he launched a scathing attack on the state party leadership and praised the ruling BJP.
The removal came days after he expressed strong displeasure over the functioning of the Gujarat Congress and claimed he was being "harassed" in the party.
Patel had expressed his displeasure with the state Congress leadership on multiple occasions in the last over one month. The influential Patidar leader has claimed he was being "harassed" by some state leaders who were conspiring against him and wanted him to leave the party.
Hardik Patel came into limelight after he led the Patidar quota stir in 2015.
Last month, he had praised the ruling BJP for its "decision-making capacity".
However, despite his public promise of not entering politics, he joined the Congress in 2019 and was appointed a working president of the state unit in July 2020.
Despite his presence in the Congress, the Patidars did not vote for the party in large numbers in the local body polls held after 2019, indicating his popularity was on the wane.
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