Patel agitation

Quota row: Hardik Patel to expand movement across nation

 Hardik Patel, leader of the Patel agitation in Gujarat, on Wednesday announced plans to expand his movement across the country and began by batting for Gujjars in Delhi with a demand for return of their land acquired for various purposes.

Sep 30, 2015, 18:37 PM IST

Hardik Patel vows to continue agitation, announces women's rally

Hardik Patel on Tuesday said the agitation for reservations for Patel community in the OBC category will continue as per the earlier plans, and a mega rally of Patel women would be held in Saurashtra region soon.

Sep 29, 2015, 21:55 PM IST

Patidar protesters meet Modi over 'atrocities', economic reservations

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday met a group of people complaining about what they said were atrocities by police in Gujarat during the anti-reservation agitation and asking for a changeover to a system of reservations based on economic status.

Sep 26, 2015, 03:27 AM IST

Hardik Patel to address four rallies in Bihar

 Patidar Ananmat Andolan Samiti convener Hardik Patel will address four rallies in Bihar next month, his aide Abhishek Katiyar said on Wednesday.

Sep 23, 2015, 18:54 PM IST

Journalists walked out of Hardik Patel's press conference. Find out why

Journalists on Monday walked out of a press conference called by Hardik Patel here in protest against the behaviour of the Patel quota agitation leader.

Sep 22, 2015, 04:25 AM IST

Quota row: Ahmedabad CP admits to police excesses during Patel agitation

 Ahmedabad Police Commissioner Shivanand Jha on Wednesday told the Gujarat High Court that police used excessive force during the Patel community's agitation for reservations last month and also accepted that policemen vandalised vehicles in a housing society in Sola area.

Sep 16, 2015, 22:41 PM IST

Quota row: More Patels withdraw bank deposits

The 'economic non-cooperation' by Patels for OBC reservation demand spread today as the community members queued up in large numbers at a bank in Sabarkantha district to withdraw money.

Sep 16, 2015, 18:37 PM IST