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Ready For Talks With BJP Or Congress Over Quota Issue: Hardik Patel
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.
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PM Narendra Modi No Mahatma Gandhi, Says Hardik Patel, Back In Gujarat After 6 Months
Activist Hardik Patel began his journey home to Gujarat today with a full-blown attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the khadi calendar row and vowed to renew the Patidar or Patel agitation for reservation in government jobs and colleges. The 23-year-old was granted bail in a sedition case last year on the condition that he would stay out of...
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For Hardik Patel's Return To Gujarat After 6 Months Today, A 500-Car Cavalcade
Hardik Patel will drive into Gujarat this morning from Rajasthan, where he has lived for the past six months in exile. The 23-year-old face of the Patidar or Patel agitation for reservation in government jobs and colleges was granted bail in a sedition case on the condition that he would stay out of Gujarat for six months. That deadline ended today...
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Dear Anandiben... Before Leaving Jail, Hardik Patel Writes To State
Hardik Patel, the 22-year-old who will leave a Gujarat jail on Friday, has written a philosophical rebuke to the state government which has charged him with sedition for leading a mass agitation against it.
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Hardik Patel, 22, Gets Bail In Sedition Cases, But Must Leave Gujarat
Hardik Patel, 22, accused of sedition by the Gujarat government, must leave the state for six months if he wants to be freed from jail, the High Court said today.
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PAAS Cancels 'Maha-Panchayat' As No One Turns Up
Hardik Patel-led Patidar Anamat Andolan Samiti (PAAS), a prominent organisation demanding OBC quota for the Patel community, on Sunday cancelled a mass gathering of the community at Kansa in Mehsana district as no one turned up.
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500 Held, Curfew Imposed After Patel Protesters, Police Clash In Gujarat
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.
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Despite Hurdles, Congress Hopes To Pass Reservation Bill in Gujarat
Notwithstanding the hurdles it may face, Gujarat Congress is hoping to pass the ambitious private member Bill demanding a separate 20 per cent reservation for Economically Backward Classes (EBCs) in the ongoing assembly session by engaging in on the floor as well as off the floor strategies.
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Quota Row: Patel Leaders Agree On Committee To Hold Talks
The Patel community leaders, including those who are in jail, on Wednesday agreed on formation of a committee for holding talks with the Gujarat government to resolve the OBC quota issue following a meeting with the Gujarat Chief Minister Anandiben Patel.
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Patel Reservation Row: Group Leader Heard Saying Hardik Patel 'Misled' Community
An audio tape has surfaced in which a Patel quota agitation leader is allegedly saying that his community "stands no chance" of getting reservation under the Other Backward Classes (OBC) category, while another leader has alleged that Hardik Patel "misled" the community on the issue.
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Gujarat BJP Awaits Its New Head Amid Declining Electoral Fortunes
Plagued with leadership issues, Gujarat unit of BJP is finding it difficult to choose its new president at a time when the party is going through its worst phase after 2001 in the wake of Patel quota agitation and loss in local bodies polls.
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Hardik Patel Remanded To Police Custody Till January 15
A local court in Visnagar town of Mehsana district today sent quota leader Hardik Patel in police custody till January 15 in a case of rioting and assault registered against him here six months back.
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Quota Agitation Will Continue, No One Can Stop It: Hardik Patel
Patel quota stir spearhead Hardik Patel, who is behind bars in two sedition cases, today said he will resume the agitation after he is released from jail and not even Gujarat Chief Minister Anandiben Patel can stall the protest.
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Gujarat Government Offers Olive Branch To Agitating Patel Community
The Anandiben Patel government in Gujarat today decided to bury the hatchet with leaders of the Patel community fighting for reservation for several months, and not press for legal proceedings against them.
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Haven't Received Any Letter From Hardik Patel: Gujarat Chief Minister
Gujarat Chief Minister Anandiben Patel today said she had not received any letter from the jailed Patel quota agitation leader Hardik Patel reportedly questioning whether she belonged to the Patel community.
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Ready For Talks With BJP Or Congress Over Quota Issue: Hardik Patel
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.
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PM Narendra Modi No Mahatma Gandhi, Says Hardik Patel, Back In Gujarat After 6 Months
Activist Hardik Patel began his journey home to Gujarat today with a full-blown attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the khadi calendar row and vowed to renew the Patidar or Patel agitation for reservation in government jobs and colleges. The 23-year-old was granted bail in a sedition case last year on the condition that he would stay out of...
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For Hardik Patel's Return To Gujarat After 6 Months Today, A 500-Car Cavalcade
Hardik Patel will drive into Gujarat this morning from Rajasthan, where he has lived for the past six months in exile. The 23-year-old face of the Patidar or Patel agitation for reservation in government jobs and colleges was granted bail in a sedition case on the condition that he would stay out of Gujarat for six months. That deadline ended today...
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Dear Anandiben... Before Leaving Jail, Hardik Patel Writes To State
Hardik Patel, the 22-year-old who will leave a Gujarat jail on Friday, has written a philosophical rebuke to the state government which has charged him with sedition for leading a mass agitation against it.
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Hardik Patel, 22, Gets Bail In Sedition Cases, But Must Leave Gujarat
Hardik Patel, 22, accused of sedition by the Gujarat government, must leave the state for six months if he wants to be freed from jail, the High Court said today.
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PAAS Cancels 'Maha-Panchayat' As No One Turns Up
Hardik Patel-led Patidar Anamat Andolan Samiti (PAAS), a prominent organisation demanding OBC quota for the Patel community, on Sunday cancelled a mass gathering of the community at Kansa in Mehsana district as no one turned up.
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500 Held, Curfew Imposed After Patel Protesters, Police Clash In Gujarat
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.
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Despite Hurdles, Congress Hopes To Pass Reservation Bill in Gujarat
Notwithstanding the hurdles it may face, Gujarat Congress is hoping to pass the ambitious private member Bill demanding a separate 20 per cent reservation for Economically Backward Classes (EBCs) in the ongoing assembly session by engaging in on the floor as well as off the floor strategies.
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Quota Row: Patel Leaders Agree On Committee To Hold Talks
The Patel community leaders, including those who are in jail, on Wednesday agreed on formation of a committee for holding talks with the Gujarat government to resolve the OBC quota issue following a meeting with the Gujarat Chief Minister Anandiben Patel.
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Patel Reservation Row: Group Leader Heard Saying Hardik Patel 'Misled' Community
An audio tape has surfaced in which a Patel quota agitation leader is allegedly saying that his community "stands no chance" of getting reservation under the Other Backward Classes (OBC) category, while another leader has alleged that Hardik Patel "misled" the community on the issue.
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Gujarat BJP Awaits Its New Head Amid Declining Electoral Fortunes
Plagued with leadership issues, Gujarat unit of BJP is finding it difficult to choose its new president at a time when the party is going through its worst phase after 2001 in the wake of Patel quota agitation and loss in local bodies polls.
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Hardik Patel Remanded To Police Custody Till January 15
A local court in Visnagar town of Mehsana district today sent quota leader Hardik Patel in police custody till January 15 in a case of rioting and assault registered against him here six months back.
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Quota Agitation Will Continue, No One Can Stop It: Hardik Patel
Patel quota stir spearhead Hardik Patel, who is behind bars in two sedition cases, today said he will resume the agitation after he is released from jail and not even Gujarat Chief Minister Anandiben Patel can stall the protest.
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Gujarat Government Offers Olive Branch To Agitating Patel Community
The Anandiben Patel government in Gujarat today decided to bury the hatchet with leaders of the Patel community fighting for reservation for several months, and not press for legal proceedings against them.
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Haven't Received Any Letter From Hardik Patel: Gujarat Chief Minister
Gujarat Chief Minister Anandiben Patel today said she had not received any letter from the jailed Patel quota agitation leader Hardik Patel reportedly questioning whether she belonged to the Patel community.
