Will leave politics if I can't serve my community, says Alpesh Thakor at Gandhinagar meet

GANDHINAGAR: BJP MLA Alpesh Thakor said he would permanently step away from politics on the day he felt he could no longer serve his community, a declaration that became the central moment of the Thakor community's ‘Abhyuday Mahasammelan' held at Ramkatha Ground in Gandhinagar on Tuesday.

Addressing thousands of people gathered at around 3 am, Thakor said his political journey was inseparable from social responsibility.

“For me, society is above any post. If I realise that I cannot give anything back to my society, I will quit politics for good,” he said, adding that the convention was not organised as a display of strength but as a reflection of the Thakor community's “unbroken unity”.

Responding to doubts raised over the timing of the convention, he said the hour symbolised vigilance. “To secure the future of our society, we must stay awake,” he remarked.