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Patel Quota Likely To Be Key Issue In Gujarat Assembly Polls
The demand for quota by Patidars is likely to be a key issue in the run up to Gujarat Assembly polls next year, with the BJP's attempt to put the row behind by announcing 10 per cent reservations for economically backward among the upper castes appearing to meet little success.
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Committee Of Ministers To Discuss Patel Quota Row With Gujarat Chief Minister Anandiben Patel
A committee of Ministers set up last year to negotiate with various Patel groups seeking reservation under the OBC category will meet Gujarat Chief Minister Anandiben Patel today and handover its report.
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Quota Row: Patel Leaders Agree On Committee To Hold Talks
The Patel community leaders, including those who are in jail, on Wednesday agreed on formation of a committee for holding talks with the Gujarat government to resolve the OBC quota issue following a meeting with the Gujarat Chief Minister Anandiben Patel.
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Patel Reservation Row: Group Leader Heard Saying Hardik Patel 'Misled' Community
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.
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Quota Agitation Will Continue, No One Can Stop It: Hardik Patel
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.
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Gujarat Government Told To File Charges Against Hardik Patel by January 8
The Gujarat government has been asked to file a case against Hardik Patel, one of the key leaders of last year's stir by the Patidar community who has been in jail for more than two months.
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Prima Facie Sedition Case Made Against Hardik Patel: Gujarat High Court
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."
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Patel Quota Row: Man Allegedly Commits Suicide in Support of Agitation
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.
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India's Reservation Policy Has Become a Disaster: Jagdish Bhagwati to NDTV
"India's reservation policy has become a disaster" - that was the scathing critique from celebrated economist Jagdish Bhagwati in an interview to NDTV's Buck Stops Here from New York's Columbia University.
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Hardik Patel Asks Patel Legislators to Clarify Stand Over Quota Row
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.
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Patel Quota Likely To Be Key Issue In Gujarat Assembly Polls
The demand for quota by Patidars is likely to be a key issue in the run up to Gujarat Assembly polls next year, with the BJP's attempt to put the row behind by announcing 10 per cent reservations for economically backward among the upper castes appearing to meet little success.
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Committee Of Ministers To Discuss Patel Quota Row With Gujarat Chief Minister Anandiben Patel
A committee of Ministers set up last year to negotiate with various Patel groups seeking reservation under the OBC category will meet Gujarat Chief Minister Anandiben Patel today and handover its report.
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Quota Row: Patel Leaders Agree On Committee To Hold Talks
The Patel community leaders, including those who are in jail, on Wednesday agreed on formation of a committee for holding talks with the Gujarat government to resolve the OBC quota issue following a meeting with the Gujarat Chief Minister Anandiben Patel.
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Patel Reservation Row: Group Leader Heard Saying Hardik Patel 'Misled' Community
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.
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Quota Agitation Will Continue, No One Can Stop It: Hardik Patel
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.
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Gujarat Government Told To File Charges Against Hardik Patel by January 8
The Gujarat government has been asked to file a case against Hardik Patel, one of the key leaders of last year's stir by the Patidar community who has been in jail for more than two months.
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Prima Facie Sedition Case Made Against Hardik Patel: Gujarat High Court
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."
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Patel Quota Row: Man Allegedly Commits Suicide in Support of Agitation
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.
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India's Reservation Policy Has Become a Disaster: Jagdish Bhagwati to NDTV
"India's reservation policy has become a disaster" - that was the scathing critique from celebrated economist Jagdish Bhagwati in an interview to NDTV's Buck Stops Here from New York's Columbia University.
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Hardik Patel Asks Patel Legislators to Clarify Stand Over Quota Row
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.
