Patels vow to boycott PM's US visit
September 08, 2015 23:18
To mount pressure on government for reservation under OBC quota, the Patidar or Patel community members living in the US today announced to "boycott" Prime Minister Narendra Modi's forthcoming visit there for delivering him a "strong message" on the issue.
More than 1,000 Patels today held a meeting in Edison town of New Jersey in US to extend their support to protests being organised by their brethren here, Sardar Patel Group leader Lalji Patel said here.
SPG disassociated itself from Hardik Patel-led Patidar Ananmat Andolan Samiti after their mega rally on August 25 here and is running a parallel movement to press for the quota demand.
"Patels living in US have come forward and extended their support to our cause. Today, more than 1,000 Patels living in Edison held a meeting and extended support to us. They have announced to boycott PM Narendra Modi's upcoming visit in US," he said.
Lalji said Patels in US always participated with great enthusiasm during such visits of PM.
"But now, the Patel community in US wants to give a strong message to PM who has not taken any decision about (granting) reservation to Patels. Thus, we have decided to stay away from his programme in US," he said.
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