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| File photo of young Patel leader Hardik Patel |
Staff correspondent, August 21, 2015, NewsCrunch
The agitation of Gujarat's dominant community for reservation targeted PM Modi and mocked at his famous 56-inch chest statement.
The 22-year-old leader of the Patel agitation Hardik Patel said Patels also had "56-inch chest" and would not stop till their demands were met.
He was addressing a rally of 1.5 lakh Patels, who had gathered at Vadodara to demand OBC status, and reservation in government jobs and education.
Modi had famously said that he had a "56-inch- chest" to indicate that he would be a tough PM, when contrasted with Manmohan Sinh, whom the BJP liked to depict as a wimp.
"Patels in Gujarat have 56-inch chests and know how to make government oblige to them on their demands", PTI quoted Hardik Patel saying.
The leader of Patidar Anamat Andolan Samiti (PAAS) said Patels in Gujarat would first follow the path shown by Gandhi and Vallabhbhai Patel.
"But if required we can become Bhagat Singh and Chandrashekhar (Azad) too," he said.