Bangalore: Gujarat has given us a very dramatic example of the working of the “caste identity” which killed the powerful ruling Patels.
Gandhinagar: The one-time BJP strongman in Gujarat and former chief minister, Keshu Bhai Patel, is spending his days away from the public glare. The hustle and bustle of the general elections has not touched the 79-year-old leader, who spends his time doing yoga and gardening; the only public work that engages his attention is the affairs of the Somnath temple. It will be the first election in years that has not seen his involvement, perhaps heralding the end of the “Patel era” in state politics. His aids said he had not yet been contacted by the BJP to campaign for his party, but even if it did, he is no mood to respond. Patel, in fact, is perhaps the oldest surviving member of the erstwhile Jan Sangh. Several other leading BJP leaders have also fallen by the wayside under the onslaught of the Modi juggernaut. (Hindu, March 31, 2009).
Narendra Modi, the oil-crushing (Ghanchi) OBC, united all the majority OBCS and Dalits and killed the upper caste Patels, Brahmins and Banias who controlled Gujarat. These three upper castes are weeping under Modi’s “caste identity” magic mantra.
