"Patidars will be given reservation without interfering with the current quota of 49 per cent. BJP leader and Union minister Parshottam Rupala today said Rathwa's remarks put both Hardik Patel and the Congress in the dock. After Rathwa's remarks, the Congress should clarify how it would grant reservation to Patidars under the existing OBC quota," he said. Earlier, the Gujarat Congress had promised a 20 per cent reservation under the EBC quota to non-reserved communities including Patels if the party came to power. The Gujarat government has already given a 10 per cent quota in EBC.

Source: dna November 03, 2017 15:12 UTC