got disillusioned when Congress chief minister Madhavsinh Solanki and late Jhinabhai Darji wove the famed KHAM caste combination to marginalise the community on the power chessboard in the eighties.
Patel who was the first chief minister i
n the history of Gujarat was unceremoniously replaced by Narendra Modi in 2001, but the old school politician though unhappy kept to himself. He was again goaded by his community to take up cudgels before the 2007 elections but hesitated and backed down from taking on the party. However, this time he has crossed the rubicon and is determined to give the BJP a taste of his old mettle.
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