In the meetings of the society, we used to discuss a lot about the development of the society. But there was not enough concern for the protection of the society. In the year 1985, I started my clinic at Nakhatrana. In that period, the condition of our brothers in Kutch was very pitiful. Most people had left Kutch and gone out. The brothers who were left behind were being looted by creating false cases and extorting money by cheater people of other castes. At that time we were not politically capable and there was no leader who could fight against these people. We were very afraid of police and officials. So some political people used to keep police and officials in their hands and create many false cases like atrocities on our people and show fear of going to jail and extort money to settle the case. If someone committed any atrocity on our sisters and daughters, we did not have the courage to fight against it. We did not have the influence or courage to stop any false harassment from any government department like police, Talati or Revenue.

At that time we were so poor and helpless that if two community people were fighting, they would say in Kutchi language that, “Tu muke Kanbi samje to kuro ?” (Meaning: Do you consider me a Kanbi?) Amidst such helpless situation of the society, one or two incidents happened such that the youth were forced to fight with all these lumpen elements and get organized.

In one incident, some political leader of another caste became a CBI officer and cheated an elder of Sukhpar (Virani) of a large amount. His son came from abroad and held a meeting with those people regarding this matter. In that meeting, his suspicious death was caused. In another case, people took possession of the ready Bhutdi crop of our brothers by taking a stay from the court. During this, our boys gathered and uprooted the crop in a single night and handed it over to our brothers.

To fight against such daily incidents, many of us youth gathered and formed an organization which was named “Patidar Yuva Kranti Dal”. Going forward, thousands of our youth from every village joined this organization. Patidar Yuva Kranti Dal had no constitution or office bearers. Only a president was elected. Whose term remained for only one year. Most decisions were taken by an advisory committee. The first president of the Dal was Rameshbhai Kanjiyani of Virani. In these daily headaches of court, offices, a competent, lawyer Sanjaybhai Trikambhai Patel who handled all our matters was included in our team as a founding member.

No member of the Dal had any fascination for fame or positions. Any member could do the work, but its credit went to Kranti Dal. Our method of working was such that before taking up any work, a think tank of ours would discuss it deeply. According to the strategy made by them, another team would attack. A third team would handle court office or adverse consequences. And a fourth team would do the work of gathering a large crowd when there was a need to show strength.

The main purpose of forming Kranti Dal was to awaken our youth, remove their inferiority complex, police, lumpen elements, politicians, Talati, the false fear of officials that had settled in them was to be removed. At that time we were all financially weak. No one even had a vehicle to bully. We had no political influence or support of big leaders of the society. But like Shiv Sena, we started our work on the principle “Wrong people fear the beating of sticks”.

Courage to fight against all these started increasing in our youth and fear started spreading in the lumpen elements on the other side. Kranti Dal fought many battles against anti-social elements and with the grace of Ma Umiya, succeeded in all battles. Because fundamentally they were true. If we sit to write stories of all those battles, a separate book would be made, so here I will tell briefly in some cases as a glimpse of the works of Kranti Dal.

·        Regarding a cheater gang looting Patels, an article was published in Kutch Mitra daily under the title “Martimar Tolki” (Beating Gang) by Shri C. K. Patel, editor of “Patidar Saurabh”. Due to which he was harassed a lot by these people. But Kranti Dal stood by him and gave a fight.

·         I also had a fight with a journalist and fifteen of us friends were jailed. The police officer who put us in jail used to detain tractors of our farmers and extort large sums, regarding which we presented affidavits of three farmers to the Revenue Minister and got him suspended.

·         Got two police writers suspended by initiating departmental inquiry against them for beating our brothers with sticks in two false police cases.

·         Punished a person harassing our sister-daughter at Devpar by beating him up and tying another to a tree. Similarly, shaved the head of a person harassing sisters and daughters at Aiyar and paraded him on a donkey.

·         An atrocity case was filed against our brother from Dhavda and he was arrested a day before his wedding. Kranti Dal team went and met, finished the case on the same day.

·         When a false raid was conducted by police at the house of former Taluka Panchayat President Ravjibhai, got him released by declaring Nakhatrana Bandh.

·         Got farmer leaders arrested in TADA case for overturning railway track at Desalpar released innocent by holding a public meeting of then Chief Minister Chimanbhai Patel at Nakhatrana, and making representations.

·         Our youth made some anti-social elements leave Nakhatrana by taking out a bike rally.

·         Got a summary filed in the case of our boys breaking ribs of a teacher who was molesting daughters in school.

·         When handing over a tractor tape thief to police at Kotda, settled the case filed by police against our brother instead.

·         Got a plot in possession of a Muslim at Kotda vacated and handed over to Mangalbhai Khetani.

·         Got a plot of a Pune resident in Ukheda released which was occupied by a bootlegger.

·         In many cases of runaway marriages, rescued a daughter of Nagalpar from goons of Rajgor community of Bhuj. Brought back a daughter of Meghpar from forests of Panchmahal. Rescued a daughter of Nakhatrana who had run away with a Punjabi. Apart from that, in many cases of Sayra-Rampar etc., brought back daughters by beating up. Such a fear of Kranti Dal was established that cases of runaway marriages almost stopped happening.

Disposed of some divorce cases which were not listening to the society. Settled a case on saying of former president of society Late Khimji Lakhamshi. In another case, a father-daughter came on the stage of society in a caste convention and appealed for justice. We promised in the ongoing convention and settled the case in just one month.

As an appreciation of all these activities of ours, at that time the society allocated two hours to Kranti Dal on stage in the convention and appreciated Kranti Dal considering it as the fourth wing of the society. Along with all these activities, became active in both parties in politics and defeated some anti-social politicians and cut them to size. No political party was giving assembly ticket to Patels. So we fought independently in Abdasa and Mandvi. As a result of which till today some brother of ours has been contesting assembly in Kutch.

During this time our political reach had increased so much that at Nakhatrana we used to bring police officers like Deputy Collector, Mamlatdar or DYSP of our choice due to which our brothers started going to these officers themselves. Got government jobs for many brothers with our influence, got land for Vithon Samajwadi. Many of our officers helped and supported us in all these activities.

Now due to Kranti Dal, the next young generation was ready. Our mission to awaken the society and make it fearless was completed. Also, people of the society might not like all such activities, so our reputation was considered a bit controversial. All this might create hindrance in becoming in-laws in future and we also had to think about everyone’s financial condition. So all of us friends made Patidar Yuva Dal dormant.

Even though the Dal is dormant, but whenever the society needs, we all are ready to become active and stand by the society. Which you must have seen in the arrest of Rameshbhai Waghadia a few years ago and every sequence of events after that. With the hope that in future new Kranti Dal, together with Yuvasangh and Navchetan Group, remaining under the society, thinks for the security of the society.