Ministers committee on quota issues to hold meeting on April 18: Nitin Patel

Mahesana

The seven ministers committee headed by health minister Nitin Patel will hold a meeting on April 18 in capital Gandhinagar to discuss the issues pertaining to resolution of the around nine month old Patidar reservation agitation.

The committee was constituted by chief minister Mrs Anandiben Patel last year to hold talks with various community outfits demanding reservation for them.

Mr. Patel told newsmen here today that the meeting will be held at 2 pm and take up various issues related to the resolution of the quota stir.

The minister also said that various leaders of the community including the representatives of the Patidar Anamat Aandolan Samiti (PAAS) led by jailed quota stir leader Hardik Patel and Sardar Patel Group (SPG) of Lalji Patel, who has announced to start a jail bharo agitation from April 17 from Mahesana, would also participate in the meeting.

The meeting is taking place close on heels to the symbolic fast of the Patidar Sangh in Surat in which several BJP leaders also participated. The talks of giving special status to the community for reservation benefits to end the stir are also doing the rounds.

– DeshGujarat