Ink Thrown on Hardik Patel: Man in Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh Detained by Police
Ink was thrown on the Patidar Anamat Andolan Samiti (PAAS) leader Hardik Patel when he was at an event in Ujjain city.
Ujjain, April 7: A man in Madhya Pradesh's Ujjain threw ink on Patidar Anamat Andolan Samiti (PAAS) leader Hardik Patel when he was at an event in Ujjain city. The police, after the incident, apprehended the man who threw ink and has taken him into custody.The Patidar leader, who has been the face of Patidar community's struggle for reservation in the state of Gujarat, had emerged as an important face in the Gujarat assembly elections of 2017.
He has also been a vocal critic of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP government both in Centre and the state of Gujarat. Hardik was in Ujjain for a programme, where this incident happened to him:
Earlier, in the month of February, Hardik had said that he would go to West Bengal next year to campaign for Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee in the Lok Sabha general elections. "'I told her I will come here in 2019 to campaign for you, and in the fight against forces attempting to break apart this country, we all will have to unite," he had said at that time and added that "I am not a political leader, I am an agitator. I did not come to strike any political deal or for any other political talk, but she told me that 'if you ever want to join a political party, my party is always open."
The leader has also been a controversial figure for some of his remarks. The Ahmedabad Sessions' Court on Wednesday rejected Patidar Anamat Andolan Samiti leader Hardik Patel's discharge application in a sedition case against him.
Hardik Patel was booked by the Crime Branch in 2015 under sedition charges following large-scale violence. He had asserted that there was no evidence against him in the chargesheet filed by the Crime Branch with regard to criminal conspiracy and inciting people to dislodge the government during the violent agitation that followed August 25, 2015 gathering by Patidar community. (With Agency Inputs)
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