Cong MLA holds tribal meet on day of Rahul Gandhi’s Dahod rally

The MLA, who had led a series of protest rallies against the Par Tapi Narmada river-linking project, said that he had “taken permission” from AICC incharge Raghu Sharma and Gujarat Pradesh Congress Committee (GPCC) president Jagdish Thakor to hold this pre-planned rally

Congress MLA from Vansda in Navsari district Anant Patel addressed a rally of tribals in Dang on Tuesday afternoon even as Congress leader Rahul Gandhi was launching an Adivasi Satyagraha in Dahod.

The MLA, who had led a series of protest rallies against the Par Tapi Narmada (PTN) river-linking project, told The Indian Express that he had “taken permission” from AICC incharge Raghu Sharma and Gujarat Pradesh Congress Committee (GPCC) president Jagdish Thakor to hold this pre-planned rally which he said was contiguous with his series of rallies against the PTN project and other issues pertaining to tribals.

Talking to The Indian Express Anant Patel said, “We had earlier fixed May 1 for the public meeting at Ahwa in Dangs… Later we came to know that Rahul Gandhi is coming to Dahod the same day. We postponed our meeting to May 10. A few days ago, we came to know that Rahul is coming to Dahod on May 10. Then it had become difficult to cancel the meeting. So we continued with it.”

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