Photos: Hardik Patel gets married to long-time girlfriend Kinjal Parekh

Firebrand Patidar leader Hardik Patel on Sunday tied the knot with his longtime girlfriend Kinjal Parekh in a simple ceremony at a community temple in a village in Gujarats Surendranagar nearly 150 km from hereAs he flanked by his newlywedded wife stepped out of the temple in Digsar village an elated Hardik Patel told reporters I have always stood up for equal rights for everyone and in the same way will give equal rights to my wife25yearold Patel said that he along with his wife had resolved to continue his struggle for the rights of the people and youthHardik told reporters it was an arranged love marriage and he used to meet Kinjal secretly earlierThe two families had completed the engagement formalities sometime agoHardik Patel and his newlywed bride Kinjal Parikh strike a pose together for the cameras at Digsar village of Muli taluka in Surendranagar district of Gujarat on January 27 2019The wedding was kept a secret family affair and no prominent people or politicians were invited The first rituals were completed in Hardiks native Viramgam town and from here the marriage procession reached Digsar villageDigsar is Kinjals native village though her family has been staying in Surat At present Kinjal is studying law while Hardik is a commerce graduateHeres how Twitterati reacted to Hardik Patels weddingCongratulations hardikpatel pictwittercomhofyrrYg8bmdash Virat Patel ViratPa00215994 January 27 2019Congratulations HardikpatelHardikPatel_ Newlifestart Godblessyou pictwittercom9hHpAJbtBWmdash agraveyenu00c2u0090 agravecurrenparaagraveyenu00c2u0081agravecurrenu00c2u0095agraveyenu00c2u008dagravecurrensup2agravecurrenfrac34 OmShukla14 January 27 2019Congratulations ethu00c2u009fu00c2u0092u00c2u0090 to you HardikPatel_ Bhai for a new beginning of lifeHardikPatel pictwittercomKzhWRicEHEmdash Shekhar Mishra ptshekharmishra January 27 2019Gujarat Visuals from Digsar Village in Muli taluka of Surendranagar district where Patidar leader HardikPatel will tie the knot today with KinjalParikh RahulSi90179878 pictwittercomNFHT0vTBflmdash Rahul Singh Rajawat RahulSi90179878 January 27 2019Beautiful pic Congrats HardikPatel marriage brings focus patience maturity responsibilities calmness decision making and respect toward others be it peers extended family and elders Hope all these traits will show in the political life as wellmdash Ranjana Rajan rajan_ranjana January 27 2019CONGRATULATIONS HardikPatel_ hv a great married life with lots of happiness n gud luck GBU both ethu00c2u009fu00c2u0098u00c2u0087HardikWedsKinjal HardikPatel Congratulations pictwittercomBSW37RxAIHmdash Manoj Bhardwaj ImManojBhardwaj January 28 2019CongratulationsHardikPatel pictwittercomvEdXCNOGKBmdash Singh Jaydev SinghJaydev1 January 27 2019HardikPatel_ is finally reserved for life CongratulationsHardikPatel hardik_abhinandan pictwittercomcS3EqSLiQBmdash rjnimit rjnimit January 27 2019With inputs from IANSCatch up on all the latest Crime National International and Hatke news here Also download the new midday Android and iOS apps to get latest updatesThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever