Varacha road in Surat explodes in noise and tumult as Patidar leader Hardik Patel begins his road show. "Jai Bhawanee, BJP Jawanee" yells 23 year old Shardul Patel, "this time the BJP will lose and the janta will win in Gujarat ." `Kisano ka neta, bharat ka nirmata, Sardar Patel,' shouts the crowd, many of them sporting Sardar Patel badges. "Patel is our hero," says Viral Patel from Saurashtra, "we Patels built the BJP in Gujarat but we can't be taken for granted. "The sex CD was a bad move," says Akshat Patel, "it only got Hardik lots of sympathy."

Source: Times of India December 03, 2017 10:39 UTC