BJP offered me ₹1 crore to join it, alleges Patidar leader Narendra Patel

Narendra Patel, a key member of the Patidar Anamat Andolan Samiti (PAAS), has claimed that the BJP offered him ₹1 crore to break away from the Patidar agitation and join it.

Mr. Patel joined the BJP on Sunday evening in the presence of Varun Patel, another aide of Hardik Patel who joined the party on Saturday after meeting BJP president Amit Shah.

However, within a few hours of joining the party, Mr. Narendra Patel alleged that he received a token amount of ₹10 lakh as as a part of the ₹ 1 crore that the BJP promised him to switch over to the party. He accused Mr. Varun Patel of facilitating the deal.

Mr. Narendra Pat produced before the media the cash he allegedly received from a BJP leader and claimed that he “enacted a drama of joining the BJP only to expose the party using money power to lure Patidar agitation leaders in the State.”

“Varun Patel struck a deal with the BJP of ₹1 crore for me and the BJP immediately agreed. “I received ₹10 lakh so that I can parade it before media and expose the dirty tricks of the BJP in Gujarat,” he said.

“I will tell the BJP that I am not buy-able and even if you give me the entire Reserve Bank of India, I will not betray my community and its interests. My main aim was to expose the BJP and I did it,” he said.