Quota Protests Put Gujarat on Edge

To keep the peace, the state government has called in the Army and imposed a curfew in several parts of the city, as also in other sensitive areas of the state, after 22-year-old activist Hardik Patel vowed to intensify the Patel stir.

With several deaths reported a day after a rally called by a Patel outfit, cellphone data services were blocked in Ahmedabad and other cities of Gujarat to stop rumours from spreading and prevent gangs from coordinating their movements. More stringent measures are in order.