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AHMEDABAD: Patidar quota agitation leader Hardik Patel is actively considering to contest Lok Sabha polls from Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh as an Independent candidate in the 2019 Lok Sabha polls. Patel, who was travelling in Varanasi on Friday, told TOI that he hasn't finalized any plans. "He wants to contest as an independent. If the community asks me to contest, I will consider it," said Patel.Patel had launched an agitation in 2015 for reservation in jobs for the Patidar community. But he will make an announcement only after he is certain of support from all the opposition parties," says a close aide..