Two Patidar sub-castes join hands for political dominance ahead of 2022 Gujarat assembly polls

Naresh Patel, chairman of Khodaldham Trust, spearheaded the efforts to bring together the prominent social leaders of the Leuva and the Kadva Patidar sub-castes.

Ahead of the 2022 Assembly elections in Gujarat, two main sub-castes of the powerful Patel community came together on Saturday intending to regain the political upper hand in the state and proposed that the next chief minister could be from their community. The meeting of prominent social leaders of the Leuva and the Kadva Patidar sub-castes took place at Kagvad in Saurashtra. “After Keshubhai Patel (former BJP chief minister of Gujarat), the Patidar community lost its dominance in the state. This meeting was held to discuss how to regain the political influence for our community in the state,” Naresh Patel, chairman of Khodaldham Trust, who spearheaded the efforts to bring the two sub-castes of the community together, told reporters in Kagvad.