Gujarat Patel Quota Protests

Former quota agitation leader Reshma Patel joined the Aam Aadmi Party on Wednesday, a day after resigning from the Nationalist Congress Party apparently over the denial of a ticket.

Patidar leader Hardik Patel moved the Supreme Court today, challenging the Gujarat High Court order, which declined to stay his conviction so that he can contest the Lok Sabha elections, scheduled to start in ten days. A lower court at Mehsana in Gujarat had sentenced him to two years' imprisonment last July, for rioting and arson in 2015, during t...

The police lathicharge on the agitators demanding reservation for the Patidar community in Gujarat's Ahmedabad in August, 2015 was akin to the brutal British era "Jallianwala Bagh" episode, quota agitation leader Hardik Patel told a court in Ahmedabad today.

Patidar leader Hardik Patel began an indefinite fast today to press for reservation for his community, after the BJP government in Gujarat refused him permission to stage the protest at a public place.

Tension gripped Gujarat city with mobs setting ablaze a BRTS bus and vandalising a bus stand tonight, apparently in protest against the arrest of Patidar quota agitation leader Alpesh Kathiriya, a close aide of Hardik Patel, by the Ahmedabad Crime Branch in an old sedition case.

Patidar campaigner Hardik Patel today delivered a public reminder to the Congress that the grace period to come clean on how the party would give Patidars reservation had a short expiry date, warning that his group would protest Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi's visit to south Gujarat's Surat on Friday if the issue wasn't sorted out quickly.

Patidar quota stir leader Hardik Patel arrived in Udaipur on Monday and said that he would leave for Mandsaur, the epicentre of the farmers' stir in Madhya Pradesh, with his supporters on Tuesday.

After the huge Patel protests in Gujarat, the BJP is facing an upsurge by Marathas in Maharashtra. Rallies -- held by lakhs of people in absolute silence, have been on across the state for more than a month, said to have been triggered by the rape of a girl by Dalits in Kopardi in July.

Hardik Patel, 22, walked out of a prison in Gujarat this morning, nine months after he was jailed for sedition. He has to leave the state for six months, which was a condition for his release.

Not impressed by the Gujarat government announcing 10 per cent reservation for economically weaker sections among the upper castes, including Patels, the Patidar Anamat Andolan Samiti (PAAS) spearheading the quota agitation is launching from Sunday a week-long Swarnim Lollipop Mahotsav protest across the state.

The Gujarat government held talks with leaders of some Patel groups in Gandhinagar today, a day after members of the community clashed with the police in Mehsana during a protest demanding the release from jail of 23-year-old Hardik Patel, the face of their campaign for reservation. But Hardik Patel-led Patidar Anamat Andolan Samiti (PAAS) stayed a...

Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Sunday called up Gujarat Chief Minister Anandiben Patel who apprised him on the situation after clashes in Mehsana town.

Mobile internet services have been blocked in Ahmedabad, Surat and two other cities in Gujarat, after protesters demanding the release from jail of 23-year-old activist Hardik Patel clashed with the police today.

At least two dozen people were injured in Gujarat's Mehsana town as clashes broke out between protesters and police and around 500 were detained in Surat today, sparking fears of a revival of the Patel community's quota agitation.

The Gujarat civic polls voting tomorrow will be a crucial test for the ruling BJP led by chief minister Anandiben Patel who is confident of a victory despite the Patidar protests.

Former quota agitation leader Reshma Patel joined the Aam Aadmi Party on Wednesday, a day after resigning from the Nationalist Congress Party apparently over the denial of a ticket.

Patidar leader Hardik Patel moved the Supreme Court today, challenging the Gujarat High Court order, which declined to stay his conviction so that he can contest the Lok Sabha elections, scheduled to start in ten days. A lower court at Mehsana in Gujarat had sentenced him to two years' imprisonment last July, for rioting and arson in 2015, during t...

The police lathicharge on the agitators demanding reservation for the Patidar community in Gujarat's Ahmedabad in August, 2015 was akin to the brutal British era "Jallianwala Bagh" episode, quota agitation leader Hardik Patel told a court in Ahmedabad today.

Patidar leader Hardik Patel began an indefinite fast today to press for reservation for his community, after the BJP government in Gujarat refused him permission to stage the protest at a public place.

Tension gripped Gujarat city with mobs setting ablaze a BRTS bus and vandalising a bus stand tonight, apparently in protest against the arrest of Patidar quota agitation leader Alpesh Kathiriya, a close aide of Hardik Patel, by the Ahmedabad Crime Branch in an old sedition case.

Patidar campaigner Hardik Patel today delivered a public reminder to the Congress that the grace period to come clean on how the party would give Patidars reservation had a short expiry date, warning that his group would protest Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi's visit to south Gujarat's Surat on Friday if the issue wasn't sorted out quickly.

Patidar quota stir leader Hardik Patel arrived in Udaipur on Monday and said that he would leave for Mandsaur, the epicentre of the farmers' stir in Madhya Pradesh, with his supporters on Tuesday.

After the huge Patel protests in Gujarat, the BJP is facing an upsurge by Marathas in Maharashtra. Rallies -- held by lakhs of people in absolute silence, have been on across the state for more than a month, said to have been triggered by the rape of a girl by Dalits in Kopardi in July.

Hardik Patel, 22, walked out of a prison in Gujarat this morning, nine months after he was jailed for sedition. He has to leave the state for six months, which was a condition for his release.

Not impressed by the Gujarat government announcing 10 per cent reservation for economically weaker sections among the upper castes, including Patels, the Patidar Anamat Andolan Samiti (PAAS) spearheading the quota agitation is launching from Sunday a week-long Swarnim Lollipop Mahotsav protest across the state.

The Gujarat government held talks with leaders of some Patel groups in Gandhinagar today, a day after members of the community clashed with the police in Mehsana during a protest demanding the release from jail of 23-year-old Hardik Patel, the face of their campaign for reservation. But Hardik Patel-led Patidar Anamat Andolan Samiti (PAAS) stayed a...

Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Sunday called up Gujarat Chief Minister Anandiben Patel who apprised him on the situation after clashes in Mehsana town.

Mobile internet services have been blocked in Ahmedabad, Surat and two other cities in Gujarat, after protesters demanding the release from jail of 23-year-old activist Hardik Patel clashed with the police today.

At least two dozen people were injured in Gujarat's Mehsana town as clashes broke out between protesters and police and around 500 were detained in Surat today, sparking fears of a revival of the Patel community's quota agitation.

The Gujarat civic polls voting tomorrow will be a crucial test for the ruling BJP led by chief minister Anandiben Patel who is confident of a victory despite the Patidar protests.