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Gujarat govt reaches out to Hardik Patel as Rahul tours Patidar stronghold

Gujarat deputy CM Nitin Patel met Patidar Anamat Andolan Samiti leader in Gandhinagar today

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Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi waves at crowd during a public meeting in Jamnagar (Photo: PTI)

Sohini Das Ahmedabad
With the state Assembly elections just around the corner, both government and Opposition leaders are wooing the influential Patidar community. 

Congress Vice-President Rahul Gandhi is on a three-day tour of the Saurashtra region, where Patidars are very influential. Gujarat Deputy Chief Minister Nitinbhai Patel met Patidar Anamat Andolan Samiti (PAAS) leader Hardik Patel in Gandhinagar on Tuesday.

The meeting, however, remained inconclusive. Hardik Patel had come for the meeting with specific demands. Apart from reservation, he demanded justice for those killed during the reservation stir a year ago, and dropping of charges against the Patidar youth, along with suspension of