FACT CHECK: Did Hardik Patel tweet Congress will form next government in Gujarat with 1/3rd majority?

CLAIM
Screengrab of a tweet purportedly from Congress leader Hardik Patel is being shared across social media platforms. The tweet has Patel saying that come next state elections in Gujarat, Congress will form the government with 1/3rd majority vote.

A loose translation of the tweet dated July 12 2020 reads, “I am indebted to Sonia and Rahul Gandhi. Congress party will continue its fight to save democracy and constitution in the country. All issues pertaining to Gujarat will be addressed. And Congress will storm back into power with 1/3rd majority vote in the 2022 assembly elections.”
Screengrab of this tweet started doing the rounds after Patel was appointed as working president of the Congress’ Gujarat state unit recently.
A Times Fact Check reader WhatsApped the screengrab to us to know if it was authentic or doctored.

TRUTH
The screengrab is real. Hardik Patel did tweet about Congress winning Gujarat elections with 1/3rd majority. After he was trolled, he deleted the tweet.
VERIFICATION AND METHODOLOGY
We found several credible news reports that covered this faux pas by Patel.
A news report from Free Press Journal dated July 12, 2020 confirms that Patel tweeted it.
Titled ‘'Is Rahul Gandhi teaching him Math?' Twitter trolls Hardik Patel for saying 'will form govt with 1/3 majority'’, the report mentions how Patel was trolled post his blooper.
Patel then deleted the tweet and put out a fresh tweet, replacing 1/3rd with 2/3rd.

VERDICT
Times Fact Check has found that screengrab of the tweet where Hardik Patel tweets about winning Gujarat elections with 1/3rd majority is real.