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BJP-led Gujarat government is all set to meet Patidar Anamat Andolan Samiti (PAAS) leader Hardik Patel for truce talks on September 26. “We agree to constitute a commission for upper castes and will also seriously consider their other demands,” said the deputy CM. “Hardik Patel wrote a letter to the CM on July 28, requesting him to hold a meeting in the presence of the heads of religious and social institutions of the Patel community. Deputy Chief Minister Nitin Patel told media persons on Thursday that the government will soon be extending an invitation to Hardik and his colleagues and other leaders of the Patel community for the meeting. The gesture holds significance as Assembly elections in the state could be announced in a month and the government will want to reach out and pacify the Patel community which has been at loggerheads with the BJP government on the issue of reservation..