New Delhi, March 2 -- The Ahmedabad City Civil and Sessions Court has granted Gujarat Government permission to withdraw a sedition case against BJP MLA Hardik Patel and four associates who led the 2015 Patidar quota agitation.

The decision, delivered by Additional Sessions Judge Manish Purohit, follows an application filed by Special Public Prosecutor Sudhir Brahmbhatt under Section 321 of the Code of Criminal Procedure.

The case, originally registered during the Patidar agitation, accused Hardik Patel, along with Dinesh Bambhaniya, Chirag Patel, Ketan Patel, and Alpesh Kathiriya, of conspiring to incite unrest within the Patidar community by demanding inclusion in the Other Backward Classes (OBC) list-a move deemed "legally and sociolo...