Patels News

Dismayed over ticket distribution ahead of assembly polls, PAAS protestors clashed with Congress workers in Gujarat

Hardik, who had earlier threatened to drop a "bomb" against BJP, stuck to the script of hitting out at the party 

On the second day of his Gujarat visit, Kejriwal was greeted with black flags at various places by some little-known groups who termed him traitor.

The Gujarat government has withdrawn as many as 90 per cent police cases slapped on Patel community members during the 10-month-old agitation for reservation to Patidars in educational institutions and government jobs, an official statement said on Sunday.

Gujarat Chief Minister Anandiben Patel on Thursday tore into the young Patidar reservation leaders, asserting that they only angled for cushy careers and never bothered for government jobs at the base level -- and that their agitation was aimed to tarnish the state's image.

The Gujarat government on Wednesday refused to accept an undertaking by jailed Patidar leader Hardik Patel in the Gujarat High Court that he won`t indulge in any activity to provoke people if he was granted bail in the two sedition cases slapped against him.

The Hardik Patel-led Patidar Anamat Andolan Samiti (PAAS), which was demanding inclusion of the Patels in the OBC category for reservation, Friday rejected Gujarat government's announcement of 10 per cent reservation for the economically backward among upper castes and termed it as a "lollipop" by the government to misguide Patel community.

A Gujarat bandh called by the Patel community on Monday received lukewarm response with life remaining normal across the State, including in Mehsana town, which saw clashes between the Patidars and police on Sunday.

Agitators under the banner of Sardar Patel Group with the support of Patidar Anamat Andolan Samiti (PAAS) will gather in Mehsana to form a human chain.

A bench of Justices V Gopala Gowda and Amitava Roy merely said "we will send it to another bench" but did not assign any reason.

Intensifying their quota stir, residents of some Patel-community dominated villages in Gujarat are withdrawing their bank deposits with one cooperative bank reporting that about Rs 20 lakh was withdrawn in just one day.

Hardik Patel late on Saturday night backtracked on his announcement of reverse Dandi march.