HC notice to govt on Hardik plea

— Manohar Lal Khattar, Haryana CM

Ahmedabad: The Patidar quota agitation spearhead Hardik Patel on Friday approached the Gujarat high court against a lower court decision rejecting his discharge application in a sedition case filed against him by the crime branch of Ahmedabad police in 2015. Justice Z K Saiyad, after admitting Patel's plea, issued a notice to the Gujarat government and kept the matter for further hearing on May 8. A case of sedition was registered against Patel and others by the crime branch following violence during an agitation in August, 2015 demanding OBC reservation benefits for the Patidar community.