Hardik Patel

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Hardik Patel
Member of Gujarat Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Assumed office
8 December 2022
Preceded byLakhabhai Bharwad
ConstituencyViramgam
  • Member of Gujarat Legislative Assembly
  • Member, Assurance Committee Gujarat Assembly
  • Member, Library Committee Gujarat Assembly
  • Senate Member, Hemchandracharya North Gujarat University
Personal details
Born (1993-07-20) 20 July 1993 (age 31)[1]
Viramgam, Gujarat, India
Political partyBharatiya Janata Party (2022–present)
Other political
affiliations		Indian National Congress (2017–2022)
Spouse
Kinjal Patel
​
(m. 2019)​
Alma materSahajanand College
Known forSocial movement for equality in Education and Government Jobs.

Hardik Patel (born 20 July 1993) is an Indian politician and social activist. He rose to prominence in July 2015, where he led the Patidar reservation agitation that sought Other Backward Class (OBC) status for the Patidar caste.

He joined the Indian National Congress (INC) in 2020. He served as the Working President of the Gujarat Pradesh Congress Committee, the state unit of INC in Gujarat. He left the party and eventually joined the Bharatiya Janata Party in 2022.

  1. ^ Meghdoot Sharon (24 August 2015). "Meet 22 year-old Hardik Patel, the face of Patel agitation in Gujarat". CNN-IBN. Retrieved 31 August 2015.