Patel Community

'Dalits don't have right to watch garba': Man beaten to death in Gujarat for attending 'upper-caste' event; 8 booked

A 21-year-old Dalit man was allegedly beaten to death by a group of men belonging to the upper caste Patel community for attending a garba event in Gujarat's Anand district in the early hours Sunday, police said.

Ahead of Gujarat polls, BJP calls agitating Patidars to discuss reservation demands next week

Gujarat's ruling BJP on Wednesday extended an olive branch to the agitating Patidar leaders

Hardik Patel launches three-day Sankalp Yatra to press for Patidar reservation

Gujarat Patidar agitation spearhead Hardik Patel on Thursday launched a three-day 'sankalp yatra' to press for his long-pending demand of reservation to the Patel community in government jobs and educational institutions

Gujarat deputy CM Nitin Patel calls Hardik Patel an 'agent of Congress,' urges him to join party

Gujarat deputy chief minister and BJP leader Nitin Patel Monday dubbed quota spearhead Hardik Patel as an "agent of the Congress", even as the Opposition said the comments were an indication of the ruling party "losing its ground" in the poll-bound state

Patidar stir: Make stand on quota clear by 29 July, Hardik Patel tells BJP, Congress

Quota agitation leader Hardik Patel on Thursday asked the ruling BJP as well as the Opposition Congress to make clear their stand on the reservation demand of the Patel community before a rally in Ahmedabad on 29 July.

Hardik Patel back in Gujarat with a crowd behind him: Is BJP game for the challenge?

Back from an exile after six months, Patel icon Hardik Patel, has started an outreach toward his community. Away from the state, back in action he had to make a point.

SC directs Gujarat govt not to disturb admissions already granted under quota ordinance

Supreme Court on Friday directed the Gujarat government not to disturb the admissions already granted in educational institutions under the controversial ordinance providing a quota for the economically backward among the unreserved category including the agitating Patel community, which has been quashed by the High Court.

Patel businessmen to felicitate BJP leaders of community including deputy CM Nitin Patel

Prominent Patel businessmen in the city have decided to felicitate BJP leaders of their community in the presence of party chief Amit Shah on Thursday.

Vijay Rupani accuses Congress of creating rift between different communities in Gujarat

In an apparent attack on Congress, Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani on Wednesday appealed the people of the state to unite against "elements" who are creating rift between various communities

Interim stay on Gujarat HC's order quashing state's ordinance providing quota for poor to continue

The interim stay on Gujarat High Court's decision quashing a state government ordinance providing 10 percent quota for economically backward among the unreserved category, including the agitating Patel community, would continue, Supreme Court said on Monday.