Assam Police have detained Gujarat MLA Jignesh Mevani, who is expected to be transported to Guwahati today.

  • April 21, 2022, 11:12 a.m.

A statement from the legislator's team informed us that Gujarat MLA Jignesh Mevani was arrested by Assam Police late on Wednesday from the Palanpur Circuit House in Gujarat. He is likely to be taken to Assam later in the day.

"Vadgam MLA Jignesh Mevani was arrested by Assam police from Palanpur circuit house. We have yet to share the copy of the FIR with us. We have been informed about some cases filed against him in Assam and he is likely to be deported to Assam tonight, "Congress leader Kanhaiya Kumar wrote on Twitter.

Mevani, in September last year, joined the Congress along with Kumar. A Dalit leader, he first emerged, along with Hardik Patel and Alpesh Thakore, as the youth face challenging the BJP's dominance in Gujarat during the 2017 Assembly elections. The Congress hoped that the entry of Kanhaiya and Mevani would be good optics given the fact that several young leaders — Jyotiraditya Scindia, Sushmita Dev, Jitin Prasada, Priyanka Chaturvedi, and Laliteshpati Tripathi — had left the party in the last two years.

Author : Rajdhani Delhi Representative

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