Gandhinagar: Former congress leader and Patidar Anamat Andolan Samiti (PAAS) convener Jayesh Patel joined Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) after resigning from congress with 1500 supporters. The president of Karni Sena in Gujarat, Raj Shekhawat also joined BJP with his supporters. PAAS conveners including Uday Patel, Dharmesh Patel and Jayesh Patel joined BJP today. Jayesh Patel said that he took many responsibilities in Congress from 2002 to 2022 with loyalty. He said that he carried out the imp...Read More

Gandhinagar: As the State assembly elections are less than a year away, Patel rap sounding again in the air. A meeting will take place at the residence of Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel at 6 pm today to withdraw the cases filed against agitators who participated in year 2015-16 violent quota agitation led by Patidar Anamat Andolan Samiti (PAAS). The Patidar Anamat Andolan Samiti (PAAS) leader Dinesh Bambhaniya informed that only apolitical people who were leaders of Patidar Anamat And...Read More

Surat: The Gujarat High Court has approved bail of former Patidar Anamat Andolan Samiti (PAAS) quota agitation leader Alpesh Kathiria's bail. Kathiria was in judicial custody for last over three months. He was arrested by Special Operation Group of Surat Police on March 21 this year in rioting and atrocity case filed against him and his aides by Chhotubhai Vasava led Bharatiya Tribal Party (BTP) cadres. Kathiria was key person who created a special situation in PAAS influenced areas of Surat i...Read More

Surat: Special Operation Group (SOG) of Police in Surat has arrested PAAS (Patidar Anamat Andolan Samiti) leader Alpesh Kathiria in rioting and atrocity case which was filed against him and others during recently concluded civic elections. Kathiria and others had entered into clash with Bharatiya Tribal Party (BTP) cadres during polling for civic elections in velanja area of Surat. When Alpesh and his supporters wearing yellow caps were in ward number 02, some BTP workers from their car were cap...Read More

Surat: Gujarat witnessed violent quota agitation led by Patidar Anamat Andolan Samiti (PAAS) in year 2015. The agitation was mainly about the demand of OBC (Other Backward Class) status to Patels so that they can benefit from OBC quota. A particular area of Surat that has large presence of Patels migrated from Saurashtra was worst hit by violence during quota agitation. As large number of Patels in this area of Surat were upset with ruling BJP, they elected Congress councilors in year 2015 civic...Read More

Ahmedabad: The Gujarat High Court today finally granted conditional bail to the Patidar Anamat Aandolan Samiti (PAAS) leader Alpesh Kathiria, in a sedition case with the rider that he would not enter in Surat district for six months. The court of Justice V M Pancholi also instructed him to be strictly abide by all the other undertakings given by Kathiria for bail. His advocate Rafik Lokhandwala today said that his client would not enter Surat for six months. Notably A...Read More

Ahmedabad: The Gujarat government in its affidavit filed in Gujarat high court today has opposed the bail petition of PAAS leader Alpesh Kathiria, who was in hiding since cancellation of bail in sedition case, and re-arrested arrested from friend's marriage party on February 18.      He was arrested by the crime branch of Surat police from Valenja on the outskirts of Surat city. He had approached the Gujarat high court for bail after cancellation of his bail by a Surat sessions court on J...Read More