An alleged sex video of 24-year-old pro-reservation Patidar leader Hardik Patel was telecast on local Gujarati TV channels here on Monday, with the firebrand youngster laughing it away as an expected ploy to defame him though it heated up the political climate in poll-bound Gujarat.
The video shows a Hardik Patel-lookalike with an unidentified woman, fully clothed and with her back to the camera, and then the room turns dark.
Reacting, Patel said, “I had been saying for some time that all such dirty things, including such a video, would be flung at me, but I don’t care and I will continue my fight against the BJP.”
अब गंदी राजनीति की शुरुआत हो गई हैं।मुझे बदनाम कर लो कोई फ़र्क़ नहीं पड़ेगा,लेकिन गुजरात की महिलाओ का अपमान किया जा रहा हैं।
— Hardik Patel (@HardikPatel_) November 13, 2017
जिसको जो करना हैं कर ले,पीछे हटने वाला नहीं हूँ।जम के लड़ने वाला हूँ।२३साल का हार्दिक अब बड़ा हो रहा हैं।मुझे बदनाम करने में करोड़ों का ख़र्च किया जाता हैं।
— Hardik Patel (@HardikPatel_) November 13, 2017
His supporters claimed the video was morphed.
Patel said it was a conspiracy against him by the ruling BJP, which was “known to be adept at this”.
He pointed out that sometime ago, BJP insiders floated such a video of one of their own leaders Sanjay Joshi.