Gujarat Dalit leader Jignesh Mewani, who has been critical of the ruling BJP in the State, said on Thursday that he had no plans as of now to join the Congress or any other party.
At the same time, Mr. Mewani said he was ready to hold talks with Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi to know the party’s stand on the 17 demands of the Dalit community. “I want to make it clear that neither have I joined the Congress nor I am going to do so in future. Not just Congress, I have no plans of joining any other party as of now,” he told reporters here.
The State goes to polls next month in two phases —December 9 and 14. Mr. Mewani has been leading the Dalit agitation in Gujarat following the Una Dalit flogging incident last year.
