New Delhi: A court in Surendranagar district of Gujarat issued an arrest warrant against Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Hardik Pandya as he failed to appear for hearing in a 2017 case, in which he violated a government order, reported the news agency PTI.

In 2017, Patidar leader Hardik Patel had made a political speech ahead of the Gujarat Assembly Polls at a village, violationg the government order.

The court directed the Dhrangadhra taluka police station officer in Surendranagar district to arrest Patel and produce him before it without fail, through an order dated at February 2.

Patel and co-accused Kaushik Patel were found to have disobeyed a government order in 2018. The two violated the condition of the permission granted to them to organise a meeting at Haripar village in the district.

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An FIR was filed in the matter on January 12, 2018.

Accquitted Last Week 

It is worth noting that a Jamnagar court had accquitted Patel in a similar case last week in which he did not comply with the government’s order at a rally at Dhutarpar village in November 2017.

Patel was heading a Patidar Anamat Andolan Samiti (PAAS) that time, Patidar community organisation, which demanded reservation for the community. The Patidar movement was a major event for Patel, which gave him a chance to enter the national politics.

He had joined the Congress party as he protested against the BJP-ruled state government in 2017. However, he quitted the party last year to join the saffron party.

There are over a dozen of sedition cases against the Patidar leader.

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