About half a million Patidars rally in Ahmedabad on August 25, 2015, paralysing the city, to demand preferential treatment. -AFP
AHMEDABAD, India: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi appealed for peace on Wednesday after a mass rally in his home state turned violent, with overnight rioting and arson.
Thousands of paramilitary troops have been sent to the western state of Gujarat to contain the violence, which broke out after an estimated half a million people rallied to demand favourable treatment for their caste.
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