Gujarat polls: OBC leader Alpesh Thakor to join Congress
India Today Television | October 21, 2017
Alpesh Thakor, the convenor of the OBC, ST and ST Ekta Manch, will join the Congress on Wednesday in the presence of its vice-president, Rahul Gandhi.
The move comes just weeks ahead of an Assembly election in Gujarat, where OBCs account for 54 per cent of the population.
Thakor said Rahul would attend the Janadesh Sammelan rally his party is scheduled to organise day on Wednesday in Ahmedabad. He has claimed that more than 5 lakh people will attend.
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