<p class="title">Patidar quota stir leader Hardik Patel will continue with his indefinite fast from August 25 despite not receiving official permission from the state government.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Hardik has been trying to get official permission for a venue to undertake his fast in Ahmedabad, however, the local administration failed to give him a firm commitment. He, therefore, sought to shift his venue to Satyagrah Chhavni in Gandhinagar. When he did not get a favourable response to that too, he decided to sit on fast at his home.</p>.<p class="bodytext">“No one can stop me from sitting on an indefinite fast,” Hardik said, adding that the government may even go to the extent of arresting him in an old legal case.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Meanwhile, the Opposition Congress came out in support of Hardik’s demand for permission, with 21 sitting legislators belonging to Congress party met up with deputy chief minister Nitin Patel. A group of these legislators also met Hardik to extend their support to the cause.</p>
<p class="title">Patidar quota stir leader Hardik Patel will continue with his indefinite fast from August 25 despite not receiving official permission from the state government.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Hardik has been trying to get official permission for a venue to undertake his fast in Ahmedabad, however, the local administration failed to give him a firm commitment. He, therefore, sought to shift his venue to Satyagrah Chhavni in Gandhinagar. When he did not get a favourable response to that too, he decided to sit on fast at his home.</p>.<p class="bodytext">“No one can stop me from sitting on an indefinite fast,” Hardik said, adding that the government may even go to the extent of arresting him in an old legal case.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Meanwhile, the Opposition Congress came out in support of Hardik’s demand for permission, with 21 sitting legislators belonging to Congress party met up with deputy chief minister Nitin Patel. A group of these legislators also met Hardik to extend their support to the cause.</p>