Patel was detained along with 25 of his supporters after he launched the protest march without permission by the Gujarat government.
The convenor of the Patidar reservation agitation, Hardik Patel, was on Saturday morning taken into preventive custody in Surat as he launched his Ekta Yatra despite being denied permission for the same.
Patel was detained along with 25 of his supporters after he launched the protest march without permission by the Gujarat government.
The Patel community leader had threatened to hold the protest on Saturday, after cancelling plans twice earlier in September, at any cost.
He is agitating in demand of OBC quota for the Patel community in Gujarat. The request has, however, been turned down by the Gujarat government repeatedly.
In massive protests in August, at least 10 people lost their lives following a police crackdown.
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