Patel Community Leaders

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.

Several ministers from the OBC communities from the state were given berths in the expansion with the non-Yadav OBC category leaders, Kurmis like Anupriya Patel and Pankaj Choudhary, being adjusted.

Influential Patel community leader Parshottam Rupala, minister in the first Narendra Modi government Mansukh Mandaviya and three-time MP Darshana Jardosh, all from Gujarat, were among those inducted in the Union cabinet on Wednesday.

Indian-origin peers in the House of Lords, business chiefs and community leaders are among a group of over 90 cross-sector representatives who signed a letter on Friday in support of Priti Patel, Britain's first Indian-origin Home Secretary engulfed in a bullying row amid resignation of a top civil servant in her ministry.

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 Madhya Pradesh BJP leader from Indore has resigned as Councillor and quit the party in protest over the Citizenship Amendment Act

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.

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.

Dalit leader and Independent lawmaker, Jignesh Mevani lashed out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Twitter, after the mega inauguration of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel's statue on Wednesday in Gujarat's Kevadiya. He said, Sardar Patel united India but the Prime Minister and BJP's "divisive politics will leave a fractured India!" Tribal communities "af...

Patidar leader Hardik Patel's indefinite fast for reservation for his community and farm loan waiver entered 15th day Saturday as he continued his agitation from a hospital bed.

Hardik Patel, the Patidar Anamat Andolan Samiti (PAAS) leader has been taken to hospital after his health deteriorated on Friday. Hardik is on an indefinite hunger strike since the last 12 days, demanding reservations for the Patidar community under OBC category and loan waiver for farmers in Gujarat.

Patidar leader Hardik Patel unveiled his "will" on the ninth day of his indefinite fast on Sunday, demanding reservation for the community and farm loan waiver.

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.

Several ministers from the OBC communities from the state were given berths in the expansion with the non-Yadav OBC category leaders, Kurmis like Anupriya Patel and Pankaj Choudhary, being adjusted.

Influential Patel community leader Parshottam Rupala, minister in the first Narendra Modi government Mansukh Mandaviya and three-time MP Darshana Jardosh, all from Gujarat, were among those inducted in the Union cabinet on Wednesday.

Indian-origin peers in the House of Lords, business chiefs and community leaders are among a group of over 90 cross-sector representatives who signed a letter on Friday in support of Priti Patel, Britain's first Indian-origin Home Secretary engulfed in a bullying row amid resignation of a top civil servant in her ministry.

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 Madhya Pradesh BJP leader from Indore has resigned as Councillor and quit the party in protest over the Citizenship Amendment Act

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.

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.

Dalit leader and Independent lawmaker, Jignesh Mevani lashed out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Twitter, after the mega inauguration of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel's statue on Wednesday in Gujarat's Kevadiya. He said, Sardar Patel united India but the Prime Minister and BJP's "divisive politics will leave a fractured India!" Tribal communities "af...

Patidar leader Hardik Patel's indefinite fast for reservation for his community and farm loan waiver entered 15th day Saturday as he continued his agitation from a hospital bed.

Hardik Patel, the Patidar Anamat Andolan Samiti (PAAS) leader has been taken to hospital after his health deteriorated on Friday. Hardik is on an indefinite hunger strike since the last 12 days, demanding reservations for the Patidar community under OBC category and loan waiver for farmers in Gujarat.

Patidar leader Hardik Patel unveiled his "will" on the ninth day of his indefinite fast on Sunday, demanding reservation for the community and farm loan waiver.