With Gujarat government not heeding to the Patels' demand for OBC status, at least 500 families of the community have threatened to leave Hinduism and convert to another religion for getting benefits of reservation in jobs and education.
The families belong to Pasodara village near Surat city. Local Patel leaders called this move as a symbolic protest against the state government, which according to them, has denied reservation benefits to the community members under OBC (Other Backward Class) category.

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