Patidar Community

The Patidar community, a section of which had voted against the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the 2017 Assembly polls, returned to the ruling outfit in the just concluded polls as it won almost all the seats.

In an election held in the backdrop of the Patidar quota agitation, the BJP faced the ire of voters and returned empty-handed in Amreli district, which was the hotbed of the stir for reservation in education and government jobs.

Naresh Patel, Patidar leader from Gujarat and Chairman of the Shree Khodaldham Trust, is believed to have considerable influence with the numerically significant Patidar community in the state

Gujarat Congress working president Hardik Patel has warned the state government of a statewide agitation if no action is taken on withdrawal of pending criminal cases lodged against Patidar Anamat Andolan Samiti members.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will virtually inaugurate a 13-storey complex built by the Patidar community for providing coaching to job aspirants and housing students here on September 11, it was announced today.

Hardik Patel, the Patidar community leader, is missing since the past 20 days, according to his wife Kinjal Patel who also accused the Gujarat administration of targeting her husband.

A mob of around 150 people, including 16 women, from the Patidar community was on Friday booked for allegedly stopping the wedding procession of a Dalit man in Khambisar village of Gujarat's Arvalli district, the police said.

Police had to resort to a baton charge on Sunday after members of the Patidar community allegedly stopped a Dalit man's wedding procession in Gujarat's Aravalli district and the two sides threw stones at each other.

The BJP has claimed the reservation demand by Patidars in Gujarat is no longer an issue and expressed confidence that the community will vote for it in the upcoming Lok Sabha polls.

Hardik Patel, the fiery leader of the Patidar community in Gujarat who has made it a mission to hurt the BJP hardest in its strongest state, on Tuesday said that the Supreme Court order widely seen as a setback for his plans to contest the Lok Sabha polls could spell more trouble for the ruling party.

Congress's newest entrant Hardik Patel today took a swipe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi's "Mein Bhi Chowkidar" campaign. In answer to the "chowkidar" prefix on the twitter handles of BJP ministers, leaders and hundreds of party supporters, Hardik Patel added the prefix "Berojgar" (unemployed) to his twitter handle.

Patidar community leader Hardik Patel will reportedly join the Congress party ahead of the upcoming Lok Sabha election. Top sources in the Congress have told news agency Press Trust of India that Hardik Patel will likely join the party on March 12. "He is likely to contest the election from Jamnagar constituency," they said.

Patidar quota stir spearhead Hardik Patel is pushing for a survey to establish "social and economic backwardness" of the community in Gujarat so that they qualify for reservation in jobs, days after Marathas were granted reservation in Maharashtra after a similar exercise.

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.

Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani on Monday said the state government had sought details from its Maharashtra counterparts about its decision to grant reservation benefits to the Maratha community to find out if the Patidar community could be given a quota.

The Patidar community, a section of which had voted against the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the 2017 Assembly polls, returned to the ruling outfit in the just concluded polls as it won almost all the seats.

In an election held in the backdrop of the Patidar quota agitation, the BJP faced the ire of voters and returned empty-handed in Amreli district, which was the hotbed of the stir for reservation in education and government jobs.

Naresh Patel, Patidar leader from Gujarat and Chairman of the Shree Khodaldham Trust, is believed to have considerable influence with the numerically significant Patidar community in the state

Gujarat Congress working president Hardik Patel has warned the state government of a statewide agitation if no action is taken on withdrawal of pending criminal cases lodged against Patidar Anamat Andolan Samiti members.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will virtually inaugurate a 13-storey complex built by the Patidar community for providing coaching to job aspirants and housing students here on September 11, it was announced today.

Hardik Patel, the Patidar community leader, is missing since the past 20 days, according to his wife Kinjal Patel who also accused the Gujarat administration of targeting her husband.

A mob of around 150 people, including 16 women, from the Patidar community was on Friday booked for allegedly stopping the wedding procession of a Dalit man in Khambisar village of Gujarat's Arvalli district, the police said.

Police had to resort to a baton charge on Sunday after members of the Patidar community allegedly stopped a Dalit man's wedding procession in Gujarat's Aravalli district and the two sides threw stones at each other.

The BJP has claimed the reservation demand by Patidars in Gujarat is no longer an issue and expressed confidence that the community will vote for it in the upcoming Lok Sabha polls.

Hardik Patel, the fiery leader of the Patidar community in Gujarat who has made it a mission to hurt the BJP hardest in its strongest state, on Tuesday said that the Supreme Court order widely seen as a setback for his plans to contest the Lok Sabha polls could spell more trouble for the ruling party.

Congress's newest entrant Hardik Patel today took a swipe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi's "Mein Bhi Chowkidar" campaign. In answer to the "chowkidar" prefix on the twitter handles of BJP ministers, leaders and hundreds of party supporters, Hardik Patel added the prefix "Berojgar" (unemployed) to his twitter handle.

Patidar community leader Hardik Patel will reportedly join the Congress party ahead of the upcoming Lok Sabha election. Top sources in the Congress have told news agency Press Trust of India that Hardik Patel will likely join the party on March 12. "He is likely to contest the election from Jamnagar constituency," they said.

Patidar quota stir spearhead Hardik Patel is pushing for a survey to establish "social and economic backwardness" of the community in Gujarat so that they qualify for reservation in jobs, days after Marathas were granted reservation in Maharashtra after a similar exercise.

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.

Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani on Monday said the state government had sought details from its Maharashtra counterparts about its decision to grant reservation benefits to the Maratha community to find out if the Patidar community could be given a quota.