Patel quota: You are trying to fool people, PM Modi tells Congress

Reaching out to Patidars once again, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today termed as “falsehood” the Congress’ promise to provide quota above 50 per cent cap to the numerically strong community if voted to power in Gujarat.

Singling out senior Congress leader Kapil Sibal, who had proposed a quota formula ahead of polls to the Hardik Patel-led Patidar Anamat Andolan Samiti (PAAS), Modi said the Congress usually drafts in Sibal “whenever it wanted to spread falsehood”. The PAAS had accepted the Congress’ promise that it will provide reservation to Patels over and above the 50 per cent cap set by the Supreme Court and extended its support to the opposition party against the ruling BJP.

“There is an advocate in the Congress party called Kapil Sibal. Whenever the Congress has to spread falsehood they field him to do it,” Modi said addressing a huge rally in Bhavnagar. “Before 2007 elections, this Sibal had come to Viramgam and said that Modi will be in jail in few days. “From 2007 to 2014 they were running the government, could they arrest me? You knew that Modi was growing at that time and was a most potent danger to you but you could not arrest …read more