Ahmedabad (Gujarat): Congress leader Hardik Patel on Saturday said his party gave a lot of respect and power to MLA Alpesh Thakor which the latter could not handle. "Congress party had given so much respect and power but he could not handle it. He started playing blame games," Hardik told ANI.

Alpesh, who had joined the Congress party in 2017 ahead of last Gujarat Assembly polls, barely after 18 months tendered his resignations from all party posts on Wednesday evening.