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Former Patidar Quota Protest Leader Joins AAP Ahead Of Gujarat Election
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.
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Hardik Patel Requests Supreme Court To Cancel Conviction To Contest Polls
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...
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Crackdown On 2015 Quota Protests Was Like Jallianwala Bagh: Hardik Patel
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.
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Hardik Patel Begins Indefinite Fast For Patidar Quota
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.
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Tension In Surat After Arrest Of Hardik Patel's Aide In Sedition Case
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.
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'Quota Roadmap By Next Meeting Or Else...,' Hardik Patel Reminds Congress
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.
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Hardik Patel Arrives In Udaipur, To Leave For Mandsaur Today
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.
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Marathas Take To Streets With Demand For Quota, Say Persecuted By Dalits
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.
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Hardik Patel,22, Leaves Jail 9 Months After Being Arrested For Sedition
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.
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Unmoved By Quota Offer, Patels In Gujarat To Begin 'Lollipop' Protest
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.
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Gujarat Holds Talks With Patels, 'Not Invited' Claims Hardik's Group
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...
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Rajnath Singh Speaks To Gujarat Chief Minister On Mehsana Clashes
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.
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Mobile Internet Blocked, Strike Called As Patel Groups, Police Clash In Gujarat: 10 Facts
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.
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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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Gujarat Civic Polls Counting Tomorrow, Crucial Test for BJP
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.
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Former Patidar Quota Protest Leader Joins AAP Ahead Of Gujarat Election
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.
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Hardik Patel Requests Supreme Court To Cancel Conviction To Contest Polls
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...
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Crackdown On 2015 Quota Protests Was Like Jallianwala Bagh: Hardik Patel
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.
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Hardik Patel Begins Indefinite Fast For Patidar Quota
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.
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Tension In Surat After Arrest Of Hardik Patel's Aide In Sedition Case
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.
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'Quota Roadmap By Next Meeting Or Else...,' Hardik Patel Reminds Congress
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.
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Hardik Patel Arrives In Udaipur, To Leave For Mandsaur Today
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.
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Marathas Take To Streets With Demand For Quota, Say Persecuted By Dalits
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.
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Hardik Patel,22, Leaves Jail 9 Months After Being Arrested For Sedition
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.
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Unmoved By Quota Offer, Patels In Gujarat To Begin 'Lollipop' Protest
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.
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Gujarat Holds Talks With Patels, 'Not Invited' Claims Hardik's Group
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...
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Rajnath Singh Speaks To Gujarat Chief Minister On Mehsana Clashes
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.
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Mobile Internet Blocked, Strike Called As Patel Groups, Police Clash In Gujarat: 10 Facts
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.
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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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Gujarat Civic Polls Counting Tomorrow, Crucial Test for BJP
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.
