Launching a fresh round of agitation against the BJP government in Gujarat, Hardik Patel staged a day-long sit-in for Patidar quota in Morbi district Tuesday. The 25-year-old leader and his associates in the Patidar Anamat Andolan Samiti (PAAS) sat on 'dharna' from 11 AM to 5 PM at Bagathala village, demanding loan waiver for farmers and reservation for the Patidar community. He also demanded immediate release of PAAS member Alpesh Kathiria, who was arrested last month in a sedition case registered by police against Hardik Patel and others.

Hardik had sat on a hunger strike for demands of loan waiver and Patidar quota from August 25 to September 12 this year. With today's protest, organised on the 149th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, he seemed to have started another round of agitation. He said he would stage sit-ins across Gujarat and hold a huge gathering of farmers in Morbi district in the next two to three months.