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Kanhaiya Kumar, Hardik Patel likely to contest 2019 Lok Sabha elections

The Constitution Club of India, a club for Members of Parliament, organised a car rally on Sunday

Patidar leader Hardik Patel
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Patidar leader Hardik Patel prepares for his indefinite hunger strike for reservation, at his residence in Ahmedabad | PTI photo

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Getting ready for 2019
Several youth leaders, in the spotlight in the last couple of years, are speculated to be making their electoral debuts in the Lok Sabha polls in 2019. After rumours that former Jawaharlal Nehru University Students’ Union (JNUSU) leader Kanhaiya Kumar will contest the Begusarai Lok Sabha seat in Bihar on a Communist Party of India (CPI) ticket, it seems Patidar leader Hardik Patel may also contest the elections. Patel had led the Patidar agitation in Gujarat in 2016 and 2017. According to sources, Patel may contest from the Rajkot Lok Sabha seat. Patel could not contest the