Gujarat still tense as Bandh prevails
posted on Apr 18, 2016 @ 4:48PM
Agitations in Gujarat to gain reservation for Patels, is still out of proportion. In the latest turn of incidents, certain groups representing Patel community has called for a state wide bandh. The bandh seems to have severely affected the normal life with the transport getting disrupted. Surat- the textile city of Gujarat has today boiled over the suicide of a 27 year old youth, in support for the cause of reservations.
The agitators who were quite for some time has become volatile again these days. They have been carrying protests in demand for special quota of reservations as well as the release of their leaders. Patels have been demanding their inclusion into OBC quota to gain reservations, but the state government has denied their request as it would violate the 50 percent limit prescribed by Supreme Court. The agitation has calmed down after their leader Hardik Patel was arrested last year and was sent to the jail for harming public properties during his protests.