Hardik Patel Features in Gujarat Clerical Exam Question Paper, Candidates Asked 'Who Offered Him Water to End Fast'
The 25-year-old Patel quota spearhead, ended his 19-day-long fast on Wednesday.
Hardik Patel, the Patidar reservation protest leader, and Patidar Anamat Andolan Samiti chief, who called-off his hunger protest on Wednesday, had a question asked about him in a competitive examination held for clerical posts in the Gandhinagar civic body on Sunday.
The 25-year-old Patel quota spearhead, ended his 19-day-long fast on Wednesday. Patel had undertaken to demand reservation for his community and loan waiver for the farmers of Gujarat.
The multiple choice question asked to the candidates in the competitive exam was: Which political leader offered water to Hardik Patel who recently sat on fast?
The four choices offered to candidates were: Sharad Yadav, Shatrughan Sinha, Lalu Prasad Yadav and Vijay Rupani. The right answer is Sharad Yadav, a former Union minister and ex-chief of the JD(U).
Asked how and why Hardik Patel featured in the competitive examination paper, Gandhinagar Mayor Pravinbhai Patel said he had no idea.
He said elected representatives of the Gandhinagar Municipal Corporation were not part of the examination process.
"The Gujarat Technological University was outsourced the task of conducting the examination and no elected representative of the civic body was involved in any way," said Pravinbhai Patel.
Patidar Anamat Andolan Samiti chief Hardik Patel had begun an indefinite fast to press the government to implement reservation for the Patidar community in educational institutes and government jobs. Hardik Patel Begins 'Indefinite Fast' From Today to Press For Patidar Quota.
Patel had sort the administration's permission to allow PAAS volunteers to convene at two places -- Nikol area of Ahmedabad and Satyagrah Chhavni in Gandhinagar. On being denied the permission, Patel had earlier threatened to go to jail. However, he later decided to begin the fast at his residence.
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