Hardik Patel Will Join BJP On June 2 At Gandhinagar BJP Office Gujarat

Former Congress leader Hardik Patel who quit the grand-old party a few weeks ago will join the Bhartiya Janata Party.

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According to ABP News sources, the youth leader will join the saffron party on June 2, ahead of the Gujarat assembly elections scheduled for later this year.

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Sources have also confirmed that BJP will welcome Patel at their Gandhinagar office.

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Earlier, Patel had denied speculation that he will join the BJP on Monday, and took to Twitter to attack the Aam Aadmi Party over the killing of popular Punjabi singer Sidhu Moosewala.

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The Patidar quota agitation leader had recently resigned as the Gujarat Congress working president and from the party's primary membership.

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