Ahmedabad: An alleged sex video featuring popular Patidar leader Hardik Pandya was shown on local Gujarat television channels here on Monday, triggering a political turmoil in the poll-bound state.
The 24-year-old pro-reservation leader, however, laughed if off describing it as an expected ploy to defame him.
The video allegedly shows Hardik Patel 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."
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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.