India, Dec. 19 -- A court in Surat on Thursday allowed the State Government's plea to withdraw a sedition case linked to the 2015 Patidar reservation agitation against BJP MLA Hardik Patel and three others.

The court of Principal District and Sessions Judge RA Trivedi allowed the Government's application to withdraw the sedition case against Patel, who later joined the BJP and won the 2022 State Assembly elections, and his then aides Alpesh Kathiria, Vipul Desai and Chirag Desai.

In March this year, a sessions court in Ahmedabad had allowed the Government's plea to withdraw another sedition case against Patel and four others related to the 2015 Patidar quota agitation.

The community had held violent protests that year seeking reservati...