Patel Agitation Row

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...

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.

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.

Linking the Nitish Kumar led grand alliance's stellar victory in the Bihar assembly elections to the caste politics, the Patel community in Gujarat today termed the poll outcome as their community's "revenge" against the BJP.

The Gujarat High Court on Tuesday held that "a prima facie case of sedition" was made out against the Patel quota agitation's leader Hardik Patel booked by Surat police for advising a youth to "kill the police rather than committing suicide."

A man belonging to the Patel community, which has been agitating for reservation in government colleges and jobs, allegedly committed suicide here today saying he had taken the extreme step for supporting the ongoing stir, police said.

Hardik Patel, leader of the Patel quota agitation in Gujarat, today said he will start meeting legislators of his community soon to know where they stand on the reservation issue, which sparked violence across the state claiming ten lives last week.

Patel agitation leader Hardik Patel should behave like Shiv Sena icon Bal Thackeray if he really considers the latter to be his role model, Sena president Uddhav Thackeray said.

During his massive rally, in which Hardik Patel issued an ultimatum to the BJP government in Gujarat, the 21-year-old received a shout-out from Bihar. Unsurprisingly, Nitish Kumar, the state's Chief Minister, backed Mr Patel on his demand for government jobs and college seats in Gujarat to be set aside for the caste of Patels or Patedars as part of...

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...

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.

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.

Linking the Nitish Kumar led grand alliance's stellar victory in the Bihar assembly elections to the caste politics, the Patel community in Gujarat today termed the poll outcome as their community's "revenge" against the BJP.

The Gujarat High Court on Tuesday held that "a prima facie case of sedition" was made out against the Patel quota agitation's leader Hardik Patel booked by Surat police for advising a youth to "kill the police rather than committing suicide."

A man belonging to the Patel community, which has been agitating for reservation in government colleges and jobs, allegedly committed suicide here today saying he had taken the extreme step for supporting the ongoing stir, police said.

Hardik Patel, leader of the Patel quota agitation in Gujarat, today said he will start meeting legislators of his community soon to know where they stand on the reservation issue, which sparked violence across the state claiming ten lives last week.

Patel agitation leader Hardik Patel should behave like Shiv Sena icon Bal Thackeray if he really considers the latter to be his role model, Sena president Uddhav Thackeray said.

During his massive rally, in which Hardik Patel issued an ultimatum to the BJP government in Gujarat, the 21-year-old received a shout-out from Bihar. Unsurprisingly, Nitish Kumar, the state's Chief Minister, backed Mr Patel on his demand for government jobs and college seats in Gujarat to be set aside for the caste of Patels or Patedars as part of...