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After 2017 Drubbing In Patidar-Dominated Amreli District, BJP Seeks To Resurrect
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.
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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 Untraceable Since Arrest On Jan 18 In Sedition Case: Wife
Gujarat Congress leader and Patidar quota agitation spearhead Hardik Patel is untraceable since January 18 when he was arrested in a 2015 sedition case, his wife Kinjal said on Monday.
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Gujarat By-Election Result 2019: BJP Nominee Alpesh Thakor Loses From Radhapur
Alpesh Thakor, who emerged as an OBC leader during the Patel quota agitation and won the Radhanpur seat in the 2017 polls on Congress' ticket, later quit after differences with the state party leadership.
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General Elections 2019: "BJP Scared Of 25-Year-Old, So Disrupting Events", Says Hardik Patel
Patidar quota agitation leader Hardik Patel has questioned the BJP for giving a ticket to Sadhvi Pragya Thakur, who was charged in a terror case. "Sadhvi can fight despite the fact charges against her being very severe but I cannot. BJP made sure of that," Mr Patel said.
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Hardik Patel To Join Congress Today At Party's Big Meet In Gujarat
Hardik Patel, Patidar quota agitation leader, will be contesting elections from Jamnagar in Gujarat. The Jamnagar Lok Sabha seat is currently represented by Poonamben Maadam of the Bharatiya Janata Party.
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Will Join Congress, Contest Lok Sabha Polls From Gujarat: Hardik Patel
Patidar quota agitation leader Hardik Patel has said that he will join the Congress on March 12. He said he would contest the upcoming Lok Sabha elections on the party's ticket from Gujarat's Jamnagar constituency.
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No 10% Quota For Those Who Settled In Gujarat After 1978: Government
The Gujarat government said today that the 10% reservation announced by the Centre for the economically weaker sections in the general category will not cover those who settled in the state after 1978.
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Hardik Patel Questions Centre's Upper Caste Quota Move
Patidar quota agitation leader Hardik Patel and the Gujarat Congress Monday questioned the Union Cabinet's approval of 10 per cent reservation in jobs and educational institutions for the economically backward section in the general category.
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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's Fresh Round Of Agitation Against BJP Government In Gujarat
Launching a fresh round of agitation against the BJP government in Gujarat, Hardik Patel staged a day-long sit-in for Patidar quota in Morbi district on Tuesday.
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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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"Not Afraid Of Going Behind Bars": Hardik Patel To Launch Strike Today
Patidar leader Hardik Patel on Friday said that he would proceed on an indefinite hunger strike from today even if authorities deny him permission for it or the court cancels his bail. He made the remark on the eve of the third anniversary of the quota agitation in Gujarat.
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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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Hardik Patel Seeks Gujarat Chief Minister's Intervention For Holding Fast
Patidar quota agitation leader Hardik Patel yesterday wrote to Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani, seeking his intervention for necessary permissions to hold an indefinite fast from August 25.
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After 2017 Drubbing In Patidar-Dominated Amreli District, BJP Seeks To Resurrect
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.
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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 Untraceable Since Arrest On Jan 18 In Sedition Case: Wife
Gujarat Congress leader and Patidar quota agitation spearhead Hardik Patel is untraceable since January 18 when he was arrested in a 2015 sedition case, his wife Kinjal said on Monday.
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Gujarat By-Election Result 2019: BJP Nominee Alpesh Thakor Loses From Radhapur
Alpesh Thakor, who emerged as an OBC leader during the Patel quota agitation and won the Radhanpur seat in the 2017 polls on Congress' ticket, later quit after differences with the state party leadership.
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General Elections 2019: "BJP Scared Of 25-Year-Old, So Disrupting Events", Says Hardik Patel
Patidar quota agitation leader Hardik Patel has questioned the BJP for giving a ticket to Sadhvi Pragya Thakur, who was charged in a terror case. "Sadhvi can fight despite the fact charges against her being very severe but I cannot. BJP made sure of that," Mr Patel said.
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Hardik Patel To Join Congress Today At Party's Big Meet In Gujarat
Hardik Patel, Patidar quota agitation leader, will be contesting elections from Jamnagar in Gujarat. The Jamnagar Lok Sabha seat is currently represented by Poonamben Maadam of the Bharatiya Janata Party.
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Will Join Congress, Contest Lok Sabha Polls From Gujarat: Hardik Patel
Patidar quota agitation leader Hardik Patel has said that he will join the Congress on March 12. He said he would contest the upcoming Lok Sabha elections on the party's ticket from Gujarat's Jamnagar constituency.
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No 10% Quota For Those Who Settled In Gujarat After 1978: Government
The Gujarat government said today that the 10% reservation announced by the Centre for the economically weaker sections in the general category will not cover those who settled in the state after 1978.
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Hardik Patel Questions Centre's Upper Caste Quota Move
Patidar quota agitation leader Hardik Patel and the Gujarat Congress Monday questioned the Union Cabinet's approval of 10 per cent reservation in jobs and educational institutions for the economically backward section in the general category.
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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's Fresh Round Of Agitation Against BJP Government In Gujarat
Launching a fresh round of agitation against the BJP government in Gujarat, Hardik Patel staged a day-long sit-in for Patidar quota in Morbi district on Tuesday.
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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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"Not Afraid Of Going Behind Bars": Hardik Patel To Launch Strike Today
Patidar leader Hardik Patel on Friday said that he would proceed on an indefinite hunger strike from today even if authorities deny him permission for it or the court cancels his bail. He made the remark on the eve of the third anniversary of the quota agitation in Gujarat.
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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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Hardik Patel Seeks Gujarat Chief Minister's Intervention For Holding Fast
Patidar quota agitation leader Hardik Patel yesterday wrote to Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani, seeking his intervention for necessary permissions to hold an indefinite fast from August 25.
