Patidars

Maratha quota row: Reservation unwarranted; several past panels concluded community is not 'backward'

As far as the Maratha community is concerned, the findings of many commissions are that Marathas are forward classes, with many Marathas in top political ranks and heading businesses.

Hardik Patel ends hunger strike after 19 days, says fight for Patidar quota and farm loan waiver will continue

Hardik Patel broke the fast by having lemonade from the hands of Patidar community leaders Naresh Patel and CK Patel.

BRTS buses set ablaze, bus stands vandalised in Surat after arrest of Hardik Patel's aide, Alpesh Kathiriya, in old sedition case

Tension gripped Gujarat's Surat city as mobs set ablaze a BRTS bus and vandalised a bus stand on Sunday night, apparently in protest against the arrest of Patidar quota agitation leader Alpesh Kathiriya, a close aide of Hardik Patel, by the Ahmedabad Crime Branch in an old sedition case.

Mandsaur agitation: Poppy husk smuggling, lack of technical knowledge plague opium farmers in Madhya Pradesh

A farmers' union in the district has written to Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, highlighting their grievances of opium farmers in Mandsaur.

Dalit protests shake BJP's fort as rise in casteism challenges party's politics of Hindutva-laced nationalism

If Dalits continue to clash with upper-caste Hindus, it would destroy its dream of a 'virat' Hindu 'parivar' that votes just for the BJP.

Rajeev Chandrasekhar says Rahul Gandhi's charm will not spell magic in Karnataka Assembly election

NDA Rajya Sabha MP Rajeev Chandrasekhar said AICC president Rahul Gandhi's charm would not spell magic in next year's Karnataka Assembly polls and Congress would taste defeat as it did it in Gujarat polls for playing caste politics.

Gujarat election result confirms that BJP has a tough fight on its hands to trounce Congress in Karnataka

Long before the Gujarat Assembly election, there was one thing that was clear about the Karnataka Assembly polls: It will be a tough fight for the BJP

Gujarat Election Results: Congress takes sheen off BJP win, but outcome sends warning signs to both parties

When Congress president Rahul Gandhi boasted that the Gujarat elections would throw up a zabardast result, he didn’t, of course, have in mind the outcome delivered on Monday

Gujarat Assembly Election Results: Narendra Modi tells BJP workers to cheer up, says victory matters not numbers

BJP won with increased vote percentage than that of 2012 but with a reduced margin vis-à-vis Congress and the final result tally said 99 for BJP and 80 for Congress and its allies in the 182-member state Assembly.

Gujarat Assembly Election Results: BJP for a Gujarati is what CPM was for a Bengali; majoritarianism has trumped governance

BJP has been in power in Gujarat since 1995 & shows no signs of anti-incumbency. What we are witnessing is comparable only to long CPM rule in West Bengal.