Hardik Patel Jail

Days after Hardik Patel quitting the Congress, Gujarat party chief Jagdish Thakor has claimed that the he took the step as he was afraid that he might have to go to jail in sedition cases filed against him.

A day after Hardik Patel left the Congress, Gujarat Congress president Jagdish Thakor claimed that he took the step as he was afraid that he might have to go to jail in sedition cases.

Congress leader Hardik Patel, two party MLAs and around 27 of their supporters were today detained while they were on way to Palanpur district jail in Gujarat to meet sacked IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt, police said.

The Gujarat High Court suspended today a lower court's order which has sentenced Patidar quota agitation leader Hardik Patel to two years' jail term in a 2015 rioting case.

Patidar quota agitation leader Hardik Patel today said the BJP's Hitlershahi (dictatorship) cannot prevent him from fighting for "truth, farmers, youth and poor", soon after he was awarded a two-year jail term in connection with a rioting case.

Hardik Patel, the 24-year-old face of the Patidar campaign in Gujarat, was sentenced to two years in jail after a court found him guilty in a three-year-old rioting case. Soon after the verdict, he and two others were granted bail.

Through social media, massive rallies in cities like Surat and Mehsana, and despite 9 months in jail after which he was exiled from Gujarat for 6 months, Hardik Patel has made a single point: that his caste must be included in those that benefit from affirmative action policies in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's home state.

Hardik Patel, the 24-year-old Patidar leader who is leading a campaign against the BJP, says he is ready to surrender if the police want to arrest him but stressed that the agitation he is leading would continue even he was put behind bars.

Hardik Patel claimed in tweets today that he had been arrested as he arrived in Jaipur, where he wanted to meet Arvind Kejriwal.

In the five days since he was freed from a jail in Gujarat, Hardik Patel has been short on down time. He was given 48 hours to leave the state - a condition set by the court for his bail. Before then, he says, he toured 14 districts and met 40 lakh people.

Patel quota stir leader Hardik Patel, who walked out of jail on Friday, left for Udaipur in Rajasthan early this morning, in accordance with the Gujarat High Court's condition while granting him bail that he will have to stay out of the state for next six months.

A day after 22-year-old Hardik Patel walked out of prison, nine months after he was jailed for sedition in Gujarat jail, he arrived in his hometown Viramgam today to a rousing welcome from family and community members.

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.

Nearly nine months after he was arrested by the Gujarat police, allegedly for involvement in sedition and rioting, 22-year-old Hardik Patel, the face of Patidar agitation, is expected to walk out of Surat's Lajpore jail today.

A day ahead of quota agitation leader Hardik Patel's scheduled release on bail from a jail in Surat, the police today granted permission to Patidar Anamat Andolan Samiti (PAAS) to organise a road show for the stir leader.

Days after Hardik Patel quitting the Congress, Gujarat party chief Jagdish Thakor has claimed that the he took the step as he was afraid that he might have to go to jail in sedition cases filed against him.

A day after Hardik Patel left the Congress, Gujarat Congress president Jagdish Thakor claimed that he took the step as he was afraid that he might have to go to jail in sedition cases.

Congress leader Hardik Patel, two party MLAs and around 27 of their supporters were today detained while they were on way to Palanpur district jail in Gujarat to meet sacked IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt, police said.

The Gujarat High Court suspended today a lower court's order which has sentenced Patidar quota agitation leader Hardik Patel to two years' jail term in a 2015 rioting case.

Patidar quota agitation leader Hardik Patel today said the BJP's Hitlershahi (dictatorship) cannot prevent him from fighting for "truth, farmers, youth and poor", soon after he was awarded a two-year jail term in connection with a rioting case.

Hardik Patel, the 24-year-old face of the Patidar campaign in Gujarat, was sentenced to two years in jail after a court found him guilty in a three-year-old rioting case. Soon after the verdict, he and two others were granted bail.

Through social media, massive rallies in cities like Surat and Mehsana, and despite 9 months in jail after which he was exiled from Gujarat for 6 months, Hardik Patel has made a single point: that his caste must be included in those that benefit from affirmative action policies in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's home state.

Hardik Patel, the 24-year-old Patidar leader who is leading a campaign against the BJP, says he is ready to surrender if the police want to arrest him but stressed that the agitation he is leading would continue even he was put behind bars.

Hardik Patel claimed in tweets today that he had been arrested as he arrived in Jaipur, where he wanted to meet Arvind Kejriwal.

In the five days since he was freed from a jail in Gujarat, Hardik Patel has been short on down time. He was given 48 hours to leave the state - a condition set by the court for his bail. Before then, he says, he toured 14 districts and met 40 lakh people.

Patel quota stir leader Hardik Patel, who walked out of jail on Friday, left for Udaipur in Rajasthan early this morning, in accordance with the Gujarat High Court's condition while granting him bail that he will have to stay out of the state for next six months.

A day after 22-year-old Hardik Patel walked out of prison, nine months after he was jailed for sedition in Gujarat jail, he arrived in his hometown Viramgam today to a rousing welcome from family and community members.

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.

Nearly nine months after he was arrested by the Gujarat police, allegedly for involvement in sedition and rioting, 22-year-old Hardik Patel, the face of Patidar agitation, is expected to walk out of Surat's Lajpore jail today.

A day ahead of quota agitation leader Hardik Patel's scheduled release on bail from a jail in Surat, the police today granted permission to Patidar Anamat Andolan Samiti (PAAS) to organise a road show for the stir leader.