Patel Quota Agitation

BJP seeks to consolidate Patel vote base post Patidar quota turmoil, Hardik bail

After spending around nine months behind bars on charges of sedition, Hardik Patel finally got bail from Gujarat High Court on Friday. Patel had spearheaded a movement in Gujarat last year, demanding the Patidar caste to be given Other Backward Class (OBC) status that would eventually qualify it for reserved quotas in education and government jobs.

Hardik Patel gets bail in two sedition cases, HC asks him to leave Gujarat for six months

Gujarat High Court granted bail to Hardik Patel in two sedition cases, with a rider that he will have to stay outside the state for the next six months.

Ahead of 2017 Gujarat polls, Congress promises to increase EBC quota to 20%

Demand for quota by Patidars is likely to be a key issue in the run up to the Gujarat Assembly polls 2017

Patel quota stir leaders unbend, tell Gujarat CM they are ready for talks with government

Fathers of three Patel youth leaders — Dinesh Bhamaniya, Chirag Patel and Ketan Patel — submitted the letter expressing their willingness to talk.

Congress was behind the Patel quota agitation: Gujarat CM Anandiben Patel

Ahead of the local body polls in the state, Gujarat Chief Minister Anandiben Patel claimed that Congress leaders were behind the Patel quota agitation.

Quota stir intensifies: Patels withdraw bank deposits, ban politicians' entry in villages

Intensifying their quota stir, residents of some Patel-community dominated villages in Gujarat are withdrawing their bank deposits.

Hardik Patel postpones 'reverse Dandi march' till Tuesday

Patel quota agitation leader Hardik Patel has again postponed his 'reverse Dandi March', scheduled for Sunday, to 15 September.