Patidar quota agitation: 10 cases withdrawn but sedition case against Hardik stays

Gandhinagar:The sedition case filed against Congress working president and the then convener of Patidar Anamat Andolan Samiti (PAAS) Hardik Patel stays, after withdrawal 10 cases against members of Patidar community.

The state government has withdrawn 10 criminal cases against members of Patidar community for violence that erupted during the Patidar reservation movement in 2015. A proposal to withdraw a case against the then convener of PAAS Hardik Patel is with the metropolitan court. The state government has not proposed withdrawal of the sedition charges against him from the city sessions court.

Out of the 10 cases withdrawn against patidars for unlawful assembly and rioting, 7 were pending for trial in the city sessions court. Two of them were filed at Krushnanagar police station and one each at Naroda, Ramol, Bapunagar, city crime branch, and railway police stations. The cases have been approved for withdrawal by the courts under Section 321 of the CrPC.