Hardik Patel Congress Talks

The Gujarat Congress Thursday announced that it would observe a 24-hour fast on Friday in support of Patidar leader Hardik Patel if the state government did not begin talks with him.

Members of the Hardik Patel-led PAAS or Patidar Anamat Andolan Samiti attacked Congress offices in Surat, alleging that the two leaders of the movement had been included in the Congress candidates' list without their consent.

With just three weeks to go for the Gujarat elections, the Congress said it has arrived at an understanding with Hardik Patel, who is leading the politically crucial Patidar community's agitation for reservation in government jobs and education.

Patidar campaigner Hardik Patel's group has set a new deadline for the Congress to come clean on reservations for the community, a threat that is seen as an attempt to force the Congress into accepting its recommendations for party tickets for next month's elections.

As Rahul Gandhi makes an all-out attempt to convert the anger of Gujarat's powerful Patel or Patidar voters against the ruling BJP into support for the Congress, the state government today invited Hardik Patel and other leaders of the community for talks in Gandhinagar. Hardik Patel, 24, described the meeting as cordial but said the Patel agitation...

It was one of the many posts that 20-year-old civil engineering student Sagar Savalia had uploaded on his Facebook page. He had spotted a photograph of a new state transport bus, with its wheels off. He shared the photo with a tagline, Vikas Gando Thayu Che, or Development has gone crazy, playing on the much talked about Gujarat model of developmen...

Patidar quota agitation leader Hardik Patel on Saturday said the community members were ready to hold talks with any party -- be it BJP or Congress -- to find appropriate solution to the reservation issue.

The Gujarat Congress Thursday announced that it would observe a 24-hour fast on Friday in support of Patidar leader Hardik Patel if the state government did not begin talks with him.

Members of the Hardik Patel-led PAAS or Patidar Anamat Andolan Samiti attacked Congress offices in Surat, alleging that the two leaders of the movement had been included in the Congress candidates' list without their consent.

With just three weeks to go for the Gujarat elections, the Congress said it has arrived at an understanding with Hardik Patel, who is leading the politically crucial Patidar community's agitation for reservation in government jobs and education.

Patidar campaigner Hardik Patel's group has set a new deadline for the Congress to come clean on reservations for the community, a threat that is seen as an attempt to force the Congress into accepting its recommendations for party tickets for next month's elections.

As Rahul Gandhi makes an all-out attempt to convert the anger of Gujarat's powerful Patel or Patidar voters against the ruling BJP into support for the Congress, the state government today invited Hardik Patel and other leaders of the community for talks in Gandhinagar. Hardik Patel, 24, described the meeting as cordial but said the Patel agitation...

It was one of the many posts that 20-year-old civil engineering student Sagar Savalia had uploaded on his Facebook page. He had spotted a photograph of a new state transport bus, with its wheels off. He shared the photo with a tagline, Vikas Gando Thayu Che, or Development has gone crazy, playing on the much talked about Gujarat model of developmen...

Patidar quota agitation leader Hardik Patel on Saturday said the community members were ready to hold talks with any party -- be it BJP or Congress -- to find appropriate solution to the reservation issue.