BJP supporters form new Patel outfit to seek Hardik's release
April 14, 2016 02:23
Prominent Patel leaders and Gujarat-based businessmen on Wednesday announced the formation of a new outfit to push for the release of jailed quota agitation spearhead Hardik Patel and his three aides.
They later sat on a day-long hunger strike in support of their demand.
The group, 'Patidar Sangh', is the outcome of an initiative launched by Surat-based diamond tycoon Laljibhai Patel, a Bharatiya Janata Party supporter who was in the news for buying Prime Minister Narendra Modi's pinstriped suit for Rs 4.31 crore at an auction last year.
Around 400 businessmen and prominent Patel leaders, most of them BJP supporters, sat on a day-long hunger strike in Surat, about 200km from here, to demand the release of Hardik and his aides -- Chirag Patel, Ketan Patel and Dinesh Patel.
They are in jail since their arrest late last year and are all facing a slew of charges, including that of sedition.
They later sat on a day-long hunger strike in support of their demand.
The group, 'Patidar Sangh', is the outcome of an initiative launched by Surat-based diamond tycoon Laljibhai Patel, a Bharatiya Janata Party supporter who was in the news for buying Prime Minister Narendra Modi's pinstriped suit for Rs 4.31 crore at an auction last year.
Around 400 businessmen and prominent Patel leaders, most of them BJP supporters, sat on a day-long hunger strike in Surat, about 200km from here, to demand the release of Hardik and his aides -- Chirag Patel, Ketan Patel and Dinesh Patel.
They are in jail since their arrest late last year and are all facing a slew of charges, including that of sedition.
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