Summary:
Congress leader Hardik Patel on Friday filed a police complaint after he was slapped by an unidentified person during a rally here. Prior to joining Congress, Hardik had said he would help strengthen the ideology of the party and take it to the villages. The incident happened earlier in the day when Hardik was addressing a gathering at the Jan Akrosh Sabha. Hardik was in the middle of his speech when the attacker got on to the stage and slapped him. On March 12, Patel officially joined Congress in Ahmedabad in the presence of party president Rahul Gandhi and senior leader Mallikarjun Kharge..