Hardik Patel, 22-year-old leader of Gujarat’s Patel reservation movement, and his associates were booked late on Thursday evening for rioting and forced entry into the campus of Umiya, a Patel community educational institution on the outskirts of Ahmedabad.
Umiya campus manager Manubhai Patel filed an FIR accusing Hardik and his close aides Chirag, Mahesh, Dinesh and Arvind of entering the campus without permission and creating a “ruckus.”
Mr. Patel, convener of Patidar Anamat Andolan Samiti (PAAS) that has launched a State-wide agitation demanding reservation for the economically influential Patel community in government jobs and educational institutions, and his associates wanted to hold a meeting at the campus to decide their next move.
‘Police acting against us’
Patidar Anamat Andolan Samiti (PAAS) leader Hardik Patel and a mob of around 100 people entered the Umiya Campus on Thursday, held a meeting and created a ruckus, according to a police complaint filed by the manager of Umiya campus here. “The complaint has been registered in the Sola police station,” a police official The Hindu .
Interestingly, Lalji Patel, head of Sardar Patel Group (SPG) that was also part of the agitation that organised a mammoth rally in Ahmedabad on August 25, announced on Thursday that his outfit would continue the agitation seeking quota separately.
Mr. Lalji Patel said the SPG would hold a condolence meeting for those who were killed in the unrest on Sunday.
“This is not an individual fight. It’s about our community,” Mr Patel said, indicating differences with Hardik Patel.
