<p>Sharad Pawar-led <a href="http://www.wionews.com/india-news/watch-unhappy-over-ticket-distribution-paas-workers-vandalise-congress-office-in-surat-24609">Nationalist Congress Party(NCP)</a> has decided to fight the Gujarat Assembly elections without the Congress.</p>

<p>NCP leader Praful Patel said: &quot;Congress did not seem serious and kept on delaying, so we will fight alone,&quot; adding,&quot;We wanted to contest in Gujarat in alliance with Congress and had talks with them too.&quot;&nbsp;</p>

<p>&quot;We are confident of doing even better alone,&quot; he added.</p>

<p>The Congress has been trying to stitch a coalition against the ruling BJP in the Gujarat elections due to be held next month.&nbsp;</p>

<p>On Sunday, Congress and the Hardik Patel&#39;s Patidar Anamat Andolan Samiti(PAAS) had reached a seat-sharing agreement after protracted talks, however, last night clashes erupted between PAAS workers and Gujarat Congress party cadres in Ahmedabad and Surat over ticket distribution.</p>

<p>The clashes came even as the Congress released its first list of 77 candidates for the Gujarat polls. The list included three Patidar Anamat Andolan Samiti (PAAS) contestants.</p>

<p>The BJP has been in power in Gujarat since 1998, India&#39;s prime minister Narendra Modi became chief minister of the state for the first time in 2002. This will be the first time the BJP will be fighting the elections without Modi at the helm in his home state. &nbsp;</p>

<p>Despite several attempts, the Congress has been unable to dislodge the ruling party.</p>

<p>Last week, taking a jibe at the &#39;&#39;Gujarat model&#39;, senior Congress leader and former finance minister P Chidambaram in a series of tweets slammed PM Modi over &#39;extravagant promises&#39; made by him&nbsp;in Gujarat, asserting that &quot;in reality, had worsened since BJP came to power.&quot;&nbsp;</p>

<p>Chidambaram compared Gujarat&#39;s development figures with Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Maharashtra, and said it continues to &quot;lag behind even after all the &#39;boasting&#39;.&quot;&nbsp;<br />
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The Congress has been trying to stitch a coalition against the ruling BJP in Gujarat elections due to be held next month.?

Sharad Pawar-led Nationalist Congress Party(NCP) has decided to fight the Gujarat Assembly elections without the Congress. NCP leader Praful Patel said: "Congress did not seem serious and kept on delaying, so we will fight alone," adding,"We wanted to contest in Gujarat in alliance with Congress and had talks with them too." "We are confident of doing even better alone," he added. The Congress has been trying to stitch a coalition against the ruling BJP in the Gujarat elections due to be held next month. On Sunday, Congress and the Hardik Patel's Patidar Anamat Andolan Samiti(PAAS) had reached a seat-sharing agreement after protracted talks, however, last night clashes erupted between PAAS workers and Gujarat Congress party cadres in Ahmedabad and Surat over ticket distribution. The clashes came even as the Congress released its first list of 77 candidates for the Gujarat polls. The list included three Patidar Anamat Andolan Samiti (PAAS) contestants. The BJP has been in power in Gujarat since 1998, India's prime minister Narendra Modi became chief minister of the state for the first time in 2002. This will be the first time the BJP will be fighting the elections without Modi at the helm in his home state. Despite several attempts, the Congress has been unable to dislodge the ruling party. Last week, taking a jibe at the ''Gujarat model', senior Congress leader and former finance minister P Chidambaram in a series of tweets slammed PM Modi over 'extravagant promises' made by him in Gujarat, asserting that "in reality, had worsened since BJP came to power." Chidambaram compared Gujarat's development figures with Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Maharashtra, and said it continues to "lag behind even after all the 'boasting'."

NCP won't fight Gujarat elections with Congress: Praful Patel

<p>Gujarat Pradesh Congress Committee President Bharat Solanki invited Hardik Patel Saturday to contest the Gujarat elections.</p>

<p>&quot;If Hardik Patel wants to contest election, then Congress invites him to do so,&quot; ANI reported Solanki as saying.&nbsp;</p>

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<p>Patel turned down the offer.&nbsp;</p>

<p>&quot;Constitutionally speaking, I can&#39;t contest election and I don&#39;t need to, in the first place,&quot; he said.</p>

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<p>Patel is 24. You have to be at least 25 to contest an election to Parliament or the state assemblies in India.&nbsp;</p>

<p>&quot;Although I believe we must unite against BJP, this isn&#39;t a BJP-Congress election but of 6 crore people of Gujarat,&quot; Patel added.&nbsp;</p>

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<p>Patel had shot into the spotlight after leading the Patidar agitation in Gujarat.&nbsp;</p>

<p>The Patidars were demanding reservation in government jobs.&nbsp;</p>


'If Hardik Patel wants to contest election, then Congress invites him to do so,' Gujarat Pradesh Congress Committee President Bharat Solanki

Gujarat Pradesh Congress Committee President Bharat Solanki invited Hardik Patel Saturday to contest the Gujarat elections. "If Hardik Patel wants to contest election, then Congress invites him to do so," ANI reported Solanki as saying. If Hardik Patel wants to contest election, then Congress invites him to do so: Bharat Solanki, #Gujarat Pradesh Congress Committee President pic.twitter.com/R424kmSQRS — ANI (@ANI) October 21, 2017 × Patel turned down the offer. "Constitutionally speaking, I can't contest election and I don't need to, in the first place," he said. Constitutionally speaking, I can't contest election and I don't need to, in the first place: Hardik Patel pic.twitter.com/NvlACG0xzI — ANI (@ANI) October 21, 2017 × Patel is 24. You have to be at least 25 to contest an election to Parliament or the state assemblies in India. "Although I believe we must unite against BJP, this isn't a BJP-Congress election but of 6 crore people of Gujarat," Patel added. Although I believe we must unite against BJP, this isn't a BJP-Congress election but of 6 crore people of #Gujarat: Hardik Patel pic.twitter.com/TWmDXjjbHC — ANI (@ANI) October 21, 2017 × Patel had shot into the spotlight after leading the Patidar agitation in Gujarat. The Patidars were demanding reservation in government jobs.

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