Firebrand Patidar leader Hardik Patel was on Friday slapped at a public meeting in Gujarat’s Surendranagar district by a man who alleged Patel was playing politics with the sentiments of the community.Patel was addressing an election rally described as a ‘Jan Aakrosh Sabha’ at Baldana village when a man identified as Tarun Gajjar from Kadi town in north Gujarat climbed up the stage and slapped him. Gajjar was heard saying that 14 Patidar youngsters had been killed in 2015 during Hardik Patel’s agitation for reservations to the community but now the latter was playing politics over it.
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