The Patidar agitation was long forgotten. They left the congress and joined hands to give the BJP a record-breaking victory in Gujarat Assembly elections.
In the subsequent byelection, he managed to defeat the Congress old-timer Jayantilal Patel by 4,649 votes.Morbi has nearly 2.9 lakh registered voters, including 80,000 Patidars, 35,000 Muslims, 30,000 Dalits, 30,000 Sathwaras, 12,000 Ahirs and 20,000 Thakor-Kolis.
Ahead of the Gujarat Assembly polls, Union minister Parshottam Rupala on Thursday said that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) with the help of the Patidar community in Gujarat would win the election.