1983-2011 Posted February 25, 2013 Posted February 25, 2013 GANDHINAGAR: In a major blow to Congress in Gujarat, influential leader Vitthal Radadiya, who was embroiled in a gun-toting controversy, and his son Jayesh, on Monday resigned as MLAs and are set to join BJP. Accompanied by his son, Radadiya visited the legislative assembly and submitted their resignations to speaker Vaju Vala. They later drove to Ahmedabad, where the state Congress headquarters is located, and put it their papers. A former MP, Radadiya, is a strong Leuva Patel community leader from Saurashtra. He was at the centre of a controversy when he was caught brandishing a gun at a toll plaza in Karzan in Vadodara district after being asked to show his identity card. "I have tendered my resignation to protest negative policies of the Congress against the state of Gujarat. The Congress culture is of favoritism," Radadiya said after submitting his resignation as MLA. "I have submitted my resignation from the Congress and also as an MLA so that I can join BJP," he said in reply to a question and showered praise on chief minister Narendra Modi. "Modi has brought Gujarat to new heights of development and he is the prime ministerial candidate of BJP," he said. Vitthal Radadiya, who had resigned as MP and decided to continue as MLA after the recent state assembly elections, was upset over not being made leader of the opposition, the post which went to party veteran and former chief minister Shankarsinh Vaghela. Radadiya, is a powerful figure in state's co-operative sector and has strong support base among farmers of Saurashtra. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Gun-toting-Congress-strongman-Radadiya-son-quit-party-to-join-BJP/articleshow/18676532.cms
Rohit S. Ambani Posted February 25, 2013 Posted February 25, 2013 I have always hated 'dal-badloo' netas, unfortunately they manage to win again from different party.
1983-2011 Posted March 8, 2013 Author Posted March 8, 2013 Vitthal Radadiya, the MP who brandished gun at toll booth, joins Narendra Modi's BJP Vadodara: The canny Narendra Modi would have done a detailed SWOT analysis on this one. Vitthal Radadiya, famously known as the "gun-toting MP", has joined Mr Modi's party, the BJP today. He quit the Congress in a huff last month. On stage in Dhoraji, Mr Radadiya looks familiar. He is dressed in the same white that he wore when he appeared on national television in CCTV footage last year when he was a Congress MP, walking about angrily at a toll booth, muttering and brandishing a big gun, which he then pointed at an astonished toll attendant. Seated next to him today is Mr Modi in a contrasting lime green kurta. Both unsmiling. For the extremely image-conscious Gujarat Chief Minister, clearly political math won. Mr Radadiya is an influential Leuva Patel leader from the Saurashtra region in Gujarat and is expected to bring along hundreds of supporters to the BJP, among them his son Jayesh, an MLA. With Lok Sabha elections due next year, that advantage is difficult to ignore. At the function, Mr Radadiya said he was discriminated against by the Congress and was forced to quit the party. In the Assembly elections held in December last, Vitthal Radadiya was one of the few Congressmen who stood their ground and won in the face of the Modi tidal wave, as the Gujarat CM got himself a fourth straight term in office. The 55-year-old Mr Radadiya had quit his Lok Sabha seat to be an MLA and reportedly expected to be rewarded by the party with the position of Congress Legislature Party or CLP leader. But the Congress chose to go with old warhorse Shankarsinh Vaghela. Peeved, he resigned and offered himself to the BJP, lustily cheering, "Narendra Modi for PM." Mr Modi said that the Mr Radadiya, along with son Jayesh, will strengthen the BJP in the state. The Congress has sought to remind the BJP that not long ago, it had called Mr Radadiya "a gangster." "Now he is their darling...I feel like laughing at the BJP," said central minister Rajiv Shukla. Jai Narayan Vyas, of the Gujarat BJP says it is merely a home-coming for Mr Radadiya, who was in the party once upon a time. Mr Vyas is however hard put to explain how the BJP has inducted someone with more than dozen criminal cases against him, including the Vadodara toll both case. Mr Radadiya had refused to apologise after the incident, saying he acted in self-defence, though no other person could be seen anywhere near him on camera for most part of the footage. The attendant said the politician was angry because he asked him to prove he was an MP and so didn't have to pay toll. http://www.ndtv.com/article/india/vitthal-radadiya-the-mp-who-brandished-gun-at-toll-booth-joins-narendra-modi-s-bjp-339998?pfrom=home-lateststories
veer Posted March 8, 2013 Posted March 8, 2013 Hope Modi knows what he is doing.. if he keep bringing in thugs then his party will be just another gang of thugs... drop the guy after election..
Clarke Posted March 9, 2013 Posted March 9, 2013 For the extremely image-conscious Gujarat Chief Minister, clearly political math won. Mr Radadiya is an influential Leuva Patel leader from the Saurashtra region in Gujarat and is expected to bring along hundreds of supporters to the BJP, among them his son Jayesh, an MLA. With Lok Sabha elections due next year, that advantage is difficult to ignore. :headshake:
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