Patidar leader and former Congressman Hardik Patel has been given ticket from the Viramgam seat that the BJP lost in the last two assembly polls. Hardik Patel was born on 20 July 1993 and he worked in Gujarat as a social activist. He rose to prominence in July 2015, where he led the Patidar reservation agitation that sought Other Backward Class (OBC) status for the Patidar caste. He joined the Congress party in 2020. Patel served as the Working President of the Gujarat Pradesh Congress Committee, the state unit of INC in Gujarat. He left INC in May 2022. Flipping from being a strident critic, he eventually joined the Bharatiya Janata party in June 2022.
Read MorePatidar quota stir leader Hardik Patel was on Tuesday detained in Neemuch district of Madhya Pradesh while he was on his way to Mandsaur.
Patidar quota stir leader Hardik Patel will arrive in Jaipur today and is likely to leave for the violence-hit region, the epicentre of the farmers' stir in Madhya Pradesh, with his supporters tomorrow
Patidar quota stir leader Hardik Patel will be Shiv Sena’s face in Gujarat if the party contests the upcoming Assembly elections at the end of this year, Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray said today.
Scores of supports of firebrand Patidar leader Hardik Patel today entered into a brawl with toll plaza staff on Udaipur-Ahmedabad highway as they demanded free crossing for their leader’s cavalcade.
Hours after Gujarat Patidar leader Hardik Patel in a tweet on Friday claimed that he was "arrested" in Jaipur, the city police have rubbished the claims, saying he was only escorted.
Patidar Anamat Andolan Samiti (PAAS) leader Hardik Patel has accepted Gujarat government’s offer for holding talks.
Patel quota agitation spearhead Hardik Patel on Sunday slammed the Centre for its demonetisation move, claiming it only increased the hardships of the common man. Addressing a massive rally of his community in Bhayavadar town
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday targeted Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Amit Shah, equating him with 'Genral Dyer', as he set the tone for AAP's campaign for 2017 Gujarat Assembly polls. In an
Aam Aadmi Party leader Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday sought Patels' support to clean the state's politics and assured support to get justice.
The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) chief and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday solicited individuals of Gujarat's Patel community to join "clean politics" movement in the poll-bound state. Addressing a public gathering at Patel-dominated
It seems that the Patel quota agitation leader Hardik Patel is warming up to the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) supremo Arvind Kejriwal ahead of the Gujarat Assembly elections slated to be held in 2017.
a footage showed his cousin Ravi Patel purportedly accepting Rs 30 lakh bribe from a prominent Surat builder Mukesh Patel, who is a core member of the Abhivadan Samiti.
Hardik Patel, the convener of Patidar Anamat Andolan Samiti (PAAS), has accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of using the ‘patidar’ community for orchestrating the Gujarat riots of 2002 when he was the Chief Minister of the state.
Patidar quota stir spearhead Hardik Patel former close associates -- Chirag Patel and Ketan Patel -- have alleged that the former used the agitation as a tool to satisfy his ambition to emerge as a ‘leader’.
The Gujarat High Court today quashed an ordinance brought out by the BJP government in the state that promises to provide 10 per cent reservation for economically backward classes (EBC) among upper castes in educational institutions and government jo
Surat: Following his release from Surat jail after 10 months, Patel quota stir spearhead Hardik Patel gave indications of joining politics if his community wants, after which all political parties are trying to woo him
Hardik Patel, Patel quota agitation leader, today filed an undertaking before a local court promising that he will not create any problem that will come in the way of maintaining law and order in Gujarat.
Hundreds of people gathered outside the Lajpore Central Jail in Surat today morning as Patidar protest leader Hardik Patel walked out of the jail.
Sedition accused firebrand Patidar leader Hardik Patel was today granted bail in the Visnagar rioting case third case by a court here.
The Gujarat High Court today granted bail to Patidar Anamat Andolan Samiti (PAAS) leader Hardik Patel who had been lodged in a Surat jail over two cases of sedition registered against him.
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