Dhiru Gajera quits Congress

  • | Friday | 21st September, 2018

Surat: Dhiru Gajera, a Patidar leader and diamond baron, on Thursday announced his resignation from Congress. He had joined Congress in 2007 after quitting BJP.Gajera, 65, told TOI, “I lost four elections on Congress ticket due to groupism within the party. This was why I decided to resign from Congress.”Gajera, vice-president of Gujarat Pradesh Congress Committee, had lost three assembly elections in 2007, 2012 and 2017 which he fought on Congress ticket. He had also lost Lok Sabha election as Congress candidate in 2009.He was BJP MLA for three terms from 1995 to 2007. Gajera said he doesn’t plan to retire from active politics and will join BJP if invited.

Surat: Dhiru Gajera, a Patidar leader and diamond baron, on Thursday announced his resignation from Congress. He had joined Congress in 2007 after quitting BJP.Gajera, 65, told TOI, “I lost four elections on Congress ticket due to groupism within the party. This was why I decided to resign from Congress.”Gajera, vice-president of Gujarat Pradesh Congress Committee, had lost three assembly elections in 2007, 2012 and 2017 which he fought on Congress ticket. He had also lost Lok Sabha election as Congress candidate in 2009.He was BJP MLA for three terms from 1995 to 2007. Gajera said he doesn’t plan to retire from active politics and will join BJP if invited. His family runs a Rs5,000 crore diamond business in the city.

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