+- Cricket Windies (https://cricketwindies.com)
+-- Forum: What’s on Your Mind? (https://cricketwindies.com/forum-3.html)
+--- Forum: The Water Cooler! (https://cricketwindies.com/forum-4.html)
+--- Thread: India : Caste Violence ! (/thread-26643.html)
India : Caste Violence ! - ketchim - 08-25-2015
![[Image: _85170701_85170700.jpg]](http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/660/cpsprodpb/29D3/production/_85170701_85170700.jpg)
Re: India : Caste Quotas - ketchim - 08-25-2015
Tens of thousands of people of Gujarat's Patel community have attended a rally in India's Ahmedabad city
to demand affirmative action for better access to jobs and education.
Re: India : Caste Quotas - ketchim - 08-25-2015
Patels comprise 20% of the population of Gujarat :
the home state of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Re: India : Caste Quotas - ketchim - 08-25-2015
Patels control India's thriving diamond cutting and polishing industry and are among the most prosperous businessmen
and farmers in Gujarat.
But a slowdown in small and medium industries - where many Patels are employed - in Gujarat
has led to a drying up of employment opportunities...
Re: India : Caste Quotas - ketchim - 08-25-2015
![[Image: _85170705_85170704.jpg]](http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/624/cpsprodpb/C613/production/_85170705_85170704.jpg)
Re: India : Caste Quotas - ketchim - 08-25-2015
Some in the crowd were wearing masks of India's first home minister Sardar Patel :
who has been adopted by Mr Modi as a BJP icon !!
![[Image: _85172562_85170708.jpg]](http://ichef-1.bbci.co.uk/news/624/cpsprodpb/679F/production/_85172562_85170708.jpg)
Re: India : Caste Quotas - ketchim - 08-25-2015
"If this government does not heed our demands, the lotus will not bloom in 2017 "
The agitation is led by Hardik Patel (fourth from right), a young community leader :
![[Image: _85168985_85168984.jpg]](http://ichef-1.bbci.co.uk/news/624/cpsprodpb/E66A/production/_85168985_85168984.jpg)
Re: India : Caste Violence ! - ketchim - 08-27-2015
Buses blown up !
![[Image: _85210087_85210084.jpg]](http://ichef-1.bbci.co.uk/news/660/cpsprodpb/130B1/production/_85210087_85210084.jpg)
Re: India : Caste Violence ! - ketchim - 08-27-2015
policemen have been injured in clashes
![[Image: _85210091_85210090.jpg]](http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/624/cpsprodpb/4A39/production/_85210091_85210090.jpg)
Re: India : Caste Violence ! - ketchim - 08-27-2015
40 police stations in the state have set ablaze by protesters
![[Image: _85210095_85210094.jpg]](http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/624/cpsprodpb/E679/production/_85210095_85210094.jpg)