Hardik Patel asks Amit Shah not to interfere in quota stir

October 14, 2015 22:48

Patel quota agitation leader Hardik Patel today asked BJP president Amit Shah not to interfere in the ongoing agitation of the Patel community for its inclusion in the OBC reservation category.

In an open message to Shah, which he shared on the social media, Patel said the agitation will not stop just because the BJP chief wanted it to.

"I request Amit Shah to stay away from Patel community's agitation to get reservation. We will not stop it just because you want it. The agitation will not stop till I am alive. And if you still want to crush the stir by force, then you will have to kill me," Hardik said in the message.

"Even if you kill me, thousand other Hardiks will rise. Try to accept our demands and give us justice. Otherwise, do

whatever you can do," Hardik, who is leading Patidar Anamat Andolan Samiti (PAAS), said.

"Don't interfere in our agitation, because we are not Haren Pandya, Amit Jethwa or Sanjay Joshi," he said.

Though BJP leaders did not react to Hardik's barb and claimed ignorance about Shah's possible visit to Gujarat for resolving the quota row, Hardik claimed Shah was planning to attempt mediation.

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