Patel Community Obc Demand

Patidar quota stir spearhead Hardik Patel is pushing for a survey to establish "social and economic backwardness" of the community in Gujarat so that they qualify for reservation in jobs, days after Marathas were granted reservation in Maharashtra after a similar exercise.

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 quota agitation leader Hardik Patel today said that he will extend his support to the stir by members of the Gujjar community in Rajasthan from May 15 to press for their demand of five per cent reservation from within the OBC quota.

The Congress might take a final call on Monday on the issue of promising reservation for Patidars under the OBC category, a condition set by quota spearhead Hardik Patel for extending his community's support to the party in poll-bound Gujarat, a state party leader said today.

Against the backdrop of attempts to reach out to the powerful Jat and Patel communities demanding education and job quotas, the Narendra Modi government has decided to upgrade the backward commission into a constitutional body and give parliament a free hand to include any community as backward. The amendment will also define communities that will ...

Hardik Patel-led Patidar Anamat Andolan Samiti (PAAS), a prominent organisation demanding OBC quota for the Patel community, on Sunday cancelled a mass gathering of the community at Kansa in Mehsana district as no one turned up.

"There can be no repeat of last time", Prime Minister Narendra Modi has warned Home Minister Rajnath Singh and Haryana Chief Minister ML Khattar as the Jat community warned a new round of aggressive demonstrations demanding a quota of government jobs and places in state-run colleges.

Notwithstanding the hurdles it may face, Gujarat Congress is hoping to pass the ambitious private member Bill demanding a separate 20 per cent reservation for Economically Backward Classes (EBCs) in the ongoing assembly session by engaging in on the floor as well as off the floor strategies.

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.

With Gujarat government not heeding to the Patels' demand for OBC status, at least 500 families of the community have threatened to leave Hinduism and convert to another religion for getting benefits of reservation in jobs and education.

21-year-old Hardik Patel, who was briefly detained over his hunger strike to demand OBC reservation for the Patel community, called for a state-wide bandh on Wednesday to intensify the agitation.

Two days ahead of a mega rally called by the Patel community to press their demand for OBC status, Gujarat Chief Minister Anandiben Patel today ruled out any reservation for them citing the Constitution and Supreme Court judgements.

The agitating Patel community today said it will not hold talks with Gujarat government over its demand for inclusion in the OBC quota without a written invitation.

Patidar quota stir spearhead Hardik Patel is pushing for a survey to establish "social and economic backwardness" of the community in Gujarat so that they qualify for reservation in jobs, days after Marathas were granted reservation in Maharashtra after a similar exercise.

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 quota agitation leader Hardik Patel today said that he will extend his support to the stir by members of the Gujjar community in Rajasthan from May 15 to press for their demand of five per cent reservation from within the OBC quota.

The Congress might take a final call on Monday on the issue of promising reservation for Patidars under the OBC category, a condition set by quota spearhead Hardik Patel for extending his community's support to the party in poll-bound Gujarat, a state party leader said today.

Against the backdrop of attempts to reach out to the powerful Jat and Patel communities demanding education and job quotas, the Narendra Modi government has decided to upgrade the backward commission into a constitutional body and give parliament a free hand to include any community as backward. The amendment will also define communities that will ...

Hardik Patel-led Patidar Anamat Andolan Samiti (PAAS), a prominent organisation demanding OBC quota for the Patel community, on Sunday cancelled a mass gathering of the community at Kansa in Mehsana district as no one turned up.

"There can be no repeat of last time", Prime Minister Narendra Modi has warned Home Minister Rajnath Singh and Haryana Chief Minister ML Khattar as the Jat community warned a new round of aggressive demonstrations demanding a quota of government jobs and places in state-run colleges.

Notwithstanding the hurdles it may face, Gujarat Congress is hoping to pass the ambitious private member Bill demanding a separate 20 per cent reservation for Economically Backward Classes (EBCs) in the ongoing assembly session by engaging in on the floor as well as off the floor strategies.

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.

With Gujarat government not heeding to the Patels' demand for OBC status, at least 500 families of the community have threatened to leave Hinduism and convert to another religion for getting benefits of reservation in jobs and education.

21-year-old Hardik Patel, who was briefly detained over his hunger strike to demand OBC reservation for the Patel community, called for a state-wide bandh on Wednesday to intensify the agitation.

Two days ahead of a mega rally called by the Patel community to press their demand for OBC status, Gujarat Chief Minister Anandiben Patel today ruled out any reservation for them citing the Constitution and Supreme Court judgements.

The agitating Patel community today said it will not hold talks with Gujarat government over its demand for inclusion in the OBC quota without a written invitation.