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Now, Patels target co-op banks

“Let us adopt these malnourished children”, Patel said at an event here. We found that around two to five children in each Anganwadis were highly malnourished. We have witnessed the results of such tensions in past (in Gujarat).

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Recently, the protests led by Hardik Patel demanding reservations for his community rest on the reason that now the community is no longer confined to landowning and so the youth of the community should be given reservation in education and government jobs.

Patidar Ananmat Andolan Samiti (PAAS) convener Hardik Patel on Friday announced that they would hold a non-violent protest rally tomorrow.

“Patidars have our seven-point agenda to the Chief Minister that include punishment to those policemen responsible for lathi-charge at GMDC Ground and atrocity on Patidars in residential areas, said the activist having financial background, adding that if these demands wouldn’t be accepted by the Government, Patels will have no other option but to intensify economic non-cooperation stir across the State”.

Babubhai Patel, a retired government servant went to a bank in North Gujarat to make a withdrawal.

Banners carrying a stern “warning” to politicians against entering the villages have been put up by angry local Patel residents who are targeting them for apparently not coming out in support of the community after the violence. “Labour is needed for development, but for destructing something, nothing much required”, she said.

Chief Minister Anandiben Patel met 21 Patel leaders, including Hardik Patel and Lalji Patel for an hour at her residence on Monday evening.

“Sardar Patel had done that (work of instilling peace and unity) only”.

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“I have seen what happened in 1967, many of you must have seen what happened in 1985 and we have also seen what happened in year 1987”, she said referring to caste and community-based riots that had troubled Gujarat.

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