Hardik Patel to address four rallies in Bihar
The rallies would be among the 20 to be held in 12 states by Hardik Patel
Patna: Patidar Ananmat Andolan Samiti convener Hardik Patel will address four rallies in Bihar next month, his aide Abhishek Katiyar said on Wednesday.
The rallies will be held at Bhagalpur, Bhabhua, Nalanda and Muzaffar to mobilize support for uplift of Kurmis and their reservation under OBC category, Katiyar, who is the secretary of Patel Nav Nirman Sena told reporters here.
The dates for the rallies in Bihar would be finalised soon and would among the 20 to be held in 12 states by Patel.
"Our movement is strictly social in nature. We are not going to back or oppose anybody in Bihar assembly polls," Katiyar said.
Earlier, Patel had reached out to the Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, who himself belongs to Kurmi community and had backed the ongoing movement by Patel and Patidar Samaj for reservation.