Jignesh Mevani declined Congress but will fight against BJP

Dalit leader Jignesh Mevani on Monday declined Congress’ invitation to meet Rahul Gandhi but he said that he will run a campaign against Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Gujarat and added that Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s slogan of Sabka Saath Sabka Vikas (development for all) has “failed miserably”.

Jignesh Mevani, who led protests in Gujarat against Dalit atrocities after four men were stripped and brutally thrashed with iron rods by cow vigilantes in Una last year, clarified he will not join the Congress, unlike another young leader Alpesh Thakor. “I am not going to join any political party nor am I going to say vote for X or Y party,” the 36-year-old lawyer and activist .



Jignesh Mevani slammed the BJP government in Gujarat and said he will leave no stone unturned to throw them out of the power. “This unconstitutional, anti-Dalit, anti-Patidar, anti-farmer, anti-labourer and anti-youth party that this BJP is…I will do what it takes to bring down the BJP, I will campaign for that. This will be my role,” the Dalit leader said.